1953 (8) TMI 19

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....e Government of Madhya Pradesh refusing to grant copies of certain documents which are required by the petitioner for pro- duction before the Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax, Nagpur, in his assessment case. 2.. The petitioner is the All India Reporter Ltd., Bombay, which has its branch office at Nagpur. It is a company registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, and is a dealer in the ....

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....notified in the Press Note No. 65, dated Nagpur, the 25th July, 1952, relevant part of which is reproduced below: "Recently the Board of Revenue, Madhya Pradesh, have passed two orders regarding the 'sale price' of a printer, one on the application No. II/XXXIII-7 of 1951 of the Rajasthan Printing and Litho Works, Akola, and the other on the Application No. 28/XXXIII-7/51 D.B. of Shri Balgovind Gu....

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....ny State orders on the subject and also of the documents covered by its previous application, dated the 30th July, 1952. After keeping the matter under consideration for a long time, the State Government, by an order, dated the 21st February, 1953, rejected the petitioner's request for grant of copies. The petitioner impugns in these proceedings the said order. 5.. The petition must be rejected....

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....ion 20, invested with the powers of a Civil Court to compel pro- duction, of documents. As the State Government has refused to grant copies of the required documents, the petitioner has the remedy under the Act to move the Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax for compelling their production, if they are really necessary for the just and fair disposal of the assessment case. That remedy is equally e....