Supreme Court of India

M/s Mamta Surgical Cotton Industries, Rajasthan v. Assistant Commissioner (anti-evasion), Bhilwara, Rajasthan

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Reported as [2014] 2 S.C.R. 589
Bench H.L. Dattu and S.A. Bobde JJ.
Decided 23 January 2014

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In view of the above, we cannot take any exception to the impugned judgment and order passed by the High court in so far as the Assessment Year 1992-93 is concerned.

Judgment, page 24

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RAJASTHAN SALES TAX ACT, 1994: s. 2 (27) - 'Manufacture' - 'Surgical cotton' processed from cotton - Assessment Year 1992-93 -- Entry no. 16 - "Cotton, that is to say, all kinds of cotton (indigenous or imported),· whether ginned or unginned, baled, pressed or 0 otherwise including Cotton waste" -- Assessee purchasing raw cotton by paying tax at the rate of 4 per cent - Processing it into 'surgical cotton' - Held: "Surgical cotton" is a separately identifiable and distinct commercial commodity manufactured out of raw cotton and, therefore, ceases to be cotton under Entry 16 - In the instant

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