Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Sales Tax, M.P. v. Madhya Bharat Papers Ltd.

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Reported as [2000] 1 S.C.R. 262
Bench S.P. Bharucha J.
Decided 18 January 2000

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Central Sales Tax Act, 1956: Sales Tax-Exemption-State CJovernment Notification issued under s. 8(5) exempted cenain dealers from sales tax under the Act in respect of sales in course of inter-State trade of goods produced/manufactured by them provided they were registered under the Act-Held : It is necessary that a dealer is registered under the Act-It is immaterial whether registration is under s. 7(1) or s.7(2}-Liability to pay tax arose on commencement of production and business-Hence, a deala registered only under s.7(2) is also entitled for exemption from sales tax-M.P. Government

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