Supreme Court of India

Municipal Corporation for the City of Thane and Ors. v. Asmaco Plastic Industries and Ors.

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Reported as [1998] 3 S.C.R. 774
Decided 17 July 1998

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we allow the appeals filed by the Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council, Thane and set aside the order made by the High Court by declaring the goods as falling within the Entry as stated earlier.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Municipalities : Maharashtra Municipality (Octroi Duty) Rules, 1968 : Schedule I-Entry 53(c) or 40(b)-PVC Resin in powder form­ Classification of-Held: Classifiable under Entry 53(c) "plastic and plastic goods, plastic powder etc." and not under Entry 40(b) "Chemicals of all sorts"-Bombay Provisional Municipal Corporation Act, 1949. Bombay Municipal Corporation (Levy of) Octroi Rules, 1965; Schedule -Entry 32(c)-PVC Resin in Powder form and Synthetic Hydrocarbon Resin-Classification of-Held: Classifiable under Entry 32(c) "plastic and plastic goods, plastic powder"-Bombay Municipal

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