1991 (7) TMI 347

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....ion filed by the Revenue against the order of the Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal (Additional Bench), Madurai, dated September 28, 1981, is centered around the deletion of penalty under section 22(2) of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959, hereinafter referred to as "the Act", by the Tribunal. 2.. The Tribunal held that since at the relevant point of time the price of oil sold by....

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....ed under this Act, in respect of goods, the sale or purchase price of which is controlled by any law in force." A reading of the proviso to section 22(1) of the Act shows the Legislature's authority for collection of any amount, by a registered dealer, towards the amount of sales tax already suffered in respect of goods, the sale or purchase price of which is controlled by any law in force. The....

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.... On facts it has been found that the assessee supplied oil to the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation at a lower price though the assessee had paid higher price for purchasing the oil to satisfy the obligations under G.O. Ms. No. 195 dated May 21, 1974. The assessee passed on the burden of the sales tax amounting to Rs. 2,458 to the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation even though the sales tax....