2008 (10) TMI 624

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....ing of the Bihar Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas for Consumption, Use or Sale therein Act, 1993 and has Registration No. PCE-24 (ET) 01-02. As per return filed on behalf of the company it allegedly admitted certain liabilities under the said Act and the Rules framed thereunder for the period July 2001 to January 2002. It did not discharge its liability, as such certificate proceedings were ....

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....incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the proceedings were sought to be initiated for recovery of the dues of the company through directors. The State has taken an objection as to the maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioners had not availed of alternative remedy. They could challenge the certificate proceedings by filing petitions denying l....

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.... provisions of the Companies Act is a body corporate and an independent juristic entity in itself. The Act aforesaid also recognizes company as an independent juristic entity. In the counter-affidavit of the Commercial Taxes Department it is admitted that it is the company that was the dealer and thus the liability is that of the company exclusively. It is again wellestablished that the liability ....