https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176001 SC held that the writ petitions challenging sales tax levied on telephone rentals raised pure questions of law-namely, whether provision of telephone connections and instruments constitutes a "sale" under amended State sales tax statutes aligned with Article 366, and whether the Union is exempt from such tax. It ruled that these issues were fundamental and should not have been rejected on the ground of availability of an alternative statutory remedy. The SC therefore set aside the impugned HC orders and remitted the writ petitions to the respective HCs for adjudication on merits, directing that recovery of the disputed tax remain stayed pending final disposal. en-us Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176001 SC held that the writ petitions challenging sales tax levied on telephone rentals raised pure questions of law-namely, whether provision of telephone connections and instruments constitutes a "sale" under amended State sales tax statutes aligned with Article 366, and whether the Union is exempt from such tax. It ruled that these issues were fundamental and should not have been rejected on the ground of availability of an alternative statutory remedy. The SC therefore set aside the impugned HC orders and remitted the writ petitions to the respective HCs for adjudication on merits, directing that recovery of the disputed tax remain stayed pending final disposal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176001