Supreme Court of India

The State of Tamil Nadu v. Mc. Dowell and Company Ltd. Madras

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Reported as [1997] 2 S.C.R. 685
Bench A.M. Ahmadi, Cj. Suhas C. Sen and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.
Decided 4 March 1997

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Sales Tax: Assessee--Disflibutor of liquor-Deposit Amount collected for bot- Iles-Refunded on retum-Deposit amount included in Sales tumover for imposing sales tax-Held, no sale of bottles took place-No resale on retum of bottles-Not liable to sales tax on sale of bottles. The respondent-assessee was a distributor of liquor for United Breweries Ltd., the principal. The assessee had to deposit certain amounts - for taking delivery of the liquor in bottles. On return of bottles, the deposit amount was refunded. The assessee in turn collected deposits at the same rate from its customers and

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