Supreme Court of India

K. Gopinathan Nair Etc. v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [1997] 3 S.C.R. 226

Bench A.M. Ahmadi, S.B. Majmudar and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.

Decided 21 March 1997

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1964 Ben Gorm Nilgiri Plantations Company, Coonoor and Ors. v. Sales Tax Officer, Special Circle, Ernakulam and Ors. cited by 3

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2025 Vijaya Kumari S & Another v. Union of India relied on
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2020 Nirmal Kumar Parsan v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes & Ors. relied on
2021 M/s Vellanki Frame Works v. The Commercial Tax Officer, Visakhapatnam referred to
2012 M/s Hotel Ashoka (indian Tour.dev.cor.ltd.) v. Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes &anr. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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