https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1501 Whether advertising engine power in horsepower falls under weights and measures prohibitions on nonstandard quotations is contested. The Kerala case found that motor vehicle forms and industry practice use horsepower, that a vehicle sale is not a sale by weight, measure or number as contemplated by the enforcement law, and therefore the prohibition and its penalty did not apply to the advertisement. The national rules designate watt as the unit of power, and the consolidated legal metrology law retains that prescription, raising questions about the decision's applicability under the new regime. en-us Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:59:15 +0530 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:59:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1501 Whether advertising engine power in horsepower falls under weights and measures prohibitions on nonstandard quotations is contested. The Kerala case found that motor vehicle forms and industry practice use horsepower, that a vehicle sale is not a sale by weight, measure or number as contemplated by the enforcement law, and therefore the prohibition and its penalty did not apply to the advertisement. The national rules designate watt as the unit of power, and the consolidated legal metrology law retains that prescription, raising questions about the decision's applicability under the new regime. Articles Other Topics Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:59:15 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1501