1969 (2) TMI 168

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....4(1) of the Madhya Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), at the instance of the Commissioner of Sales Tax the two questions which the Board of Revenue (Sales Tax Tribunal) has referred are: "(1) What is the correct interpretation of the word 'meal' occurring in sub-item (b) of item 9 of Schedule I of the Madhya Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1958, and will the ....

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....6. Bread and butter, 17. Toast, 18. Bread with jam, 19. Toast with jam, 20. Eggs sandwiches, 21. Vegetable sandwiches, 22. Pakoda, 23. Nuts, 24. Wafer, 25. Oothappam, 26. Chips, 27. Tomato sauce (extra), 28, Milk, 29. Mutton omelette, 30. Tomato omelette, 31. Scrambled eggs, 32. Dahivada. On the basis of counterfoils, each of them showing sales of these articles for an amount excee....

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....ction 10(1) read with item No. 9 of Schedule I to the Act. On this view the Sales Tax Tribunal excluded from the taxable turnover the turnover of the articles which the Appellate Assistant Commissioner had treated as turnover of sale of "meals", each exceeding in value Rs. 2. 3.. Section 10(1) of the Act says that: "No tax shall be payable on the sales or purchases of goods, specified in the seco....

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.... question raised in this reference is whether the sale of any of those articles singly or collectively exceeding in value rupees two constitutes "a meal", the charge of which exceeds rupees two. This question turns on the construction of the expression "a meal". The Act does not give any definition of "meal". The expression "a meal" must, therefore, be understood in the sense it has in common parl....