Supreme Court of India

M/s Trimurthi Fragrances (p) Ltd. Thr. its Director Shri Pradeep Kumar Agrawal v. Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi through its Principal Secretary (finance) and Ors.

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Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 4 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeals by the assessees have to fail.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 – ss.14, 15 – Finance Act, 1988 – Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 – Chapter 21, 24 of the Schedule – Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 – Finance Act, 2001 – Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975 – Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 – Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Act, 1948 – Taxability of pan masala or gutka/gutkha under the aforesaid State enactments – Whether pan masala was an exempted item, being “tobacco” – Held: The holding in Trimurti Fragrances (P) Ltd case that there is no conflict between the Agra Belting Works line of cases, and the…

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