Supreme Court of India

United Breweries Ltd. v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [1997] 2 S.C.R. 690

Bench Am. Ahmadi, S.C. Sen and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.

Decided 4 March 1997

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was in error in holding that the crates and the bottles were sold along with the beer.

Judgment, page 16

Authorities it was built on

1996 Commissioner of Income Tax, Madurai v. M/s. T.V. Sundaram Iyengar and Sons Ltd. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2013 Union of India and Others v. Sanjay Jethi and Another mentioned
2013 Sanjay Dutt (a-117) v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi (stf), Bombay mentioned
1997 Mis. Kalyani Breweries Ltd. v. St Ate of West Bengal and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 mentioned

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