Supreme Court of India

M/s. Punjab Aromatics v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 235
Decided 30 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the judgment of this Court in Burmah-Shell (supra) has no application.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Kera/a General Sales Tax Act, 1963 - s.5A -Appellant­ assessee purchased red oil from unregistered dealers and converted same into sandalwood oil by removing water content c and other impurities - Whether the process of such conversion amounted to consumption/use of red oil in manufacture of sandalwood oil and attracted levy under s.5A - Held, No, as "test of irreversibility" not satisfied - The final product i.e. sandalwood oil could be brought back to the original state, 0 namely, red oil by adding impurities - Red oil was not subsumed into sandalwood oil. Interpretation of Statutes -

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