Supreme Court of India

M/s Shanti Fragrances v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 8 S.C.R. 711
Bench R.F. Nariman and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.
Decided 21 September 2017

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Tax/Taxation: Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975 - U.P. Trade J:ax Act, 1948.- Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 - Pan masala containing tobacco and Gutka - Exigibility to sales tax - Under the 1975 Act, 1948 Act and 1959 Act - Conflicting views - Held: Jn view of the conflict between the *Kothari Products line of judgments and the **Agra Belting Works line of judgments, together with the said challenge ·insofar as the doctrine of precedent qua this Court, appropriate Bench to be constituted in order to decide as to whether the *Kothari Products line or the **Agra Belting Works line is correct in

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