Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Trade Tax v. M/s. Kumar Paints and Mill Stores through its Proprietor

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 938
Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 2 March 2023

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U.P. Trade Tax Act, 1948 – s. 2(e)(i) – Mixing of base paint with different colours, result into a new product or not – Hig h Court held that mixture of the base paint with different c olours- did not result in a ‘new’ product and therefore did not result from the process of ‘manufacture’ as defined under section 2(e)(i) of the 1948 Act – Revenue contended that the sale of paints which had undergone mixing amounted to ‘manufacture’, thereby resulting in a new product, which was afresh incidence of taxation – Held: In the instant case, the findings based on the expert’s evidence are th at the

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