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Issues: Whether ethyl alcohol and rectified spirit are the same commodity for the purpose of sales tax, and whether the differential rate of tax under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 was liable to be struck down.
Analysis: The challenge rested on the claim that ethyl alcohol and rectified spirit are identical and therefore could not be subjected to different rates of tax. The Court declined to accept that the cited Supreme Court decision established such identity as a matter of law. It held that the materials placed by the State showed a rational distinction between the two commodities: ethyl alcohol was treated as an intermediate material used in manufacture of other organic compounds, while rectified spirit was treated as a commodity ultimately used in alcoholic beverages for human consumption. The Court found that the different treatment in the tariff entry was supported by specific reasons and was not shown to be arbitrary.
Conclusion: The differential rate of tax was upheld and the challenge to the levy failed.
Final Conclusion: The appeals were dismissed and the order of the Single Judge was left undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the taxing authority shows a rational basis for classifying two commodities differently for sales tax purposes, the differential levy will not be struck down unless the identity of the commodities or arbitrariness of the classification is established.
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