Supreme Court of India

Heinz India Limited v. The State of Kerala

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 425
Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 4 May 2023

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Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 – Entry 79, 127 – Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 – s. 3, Entry 20-( ) of Part of First Schedule; Entry 1(iii) of Part- of First Schedule – rugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – s. 3(aaa), 3(b) – Whether medicat ed talcum powder is medicine or drug, or a cosmetic, or in terms of the statutes in question, medicated talcum powder – In the first set of appeals, the revisional authority was of the view that the order of a ssessment passed by the assessing authority (levying tax at 8 % on ‘Prickly heat powder’) was prejudicial to the interest of revenue by

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