Interpreting Entry Tax Laws: Casual Traders and Transaction Classifications u/s 13(2) of General Clauses Act, 1897.

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....Levy of Entry Tax - Casual Trader - The Legislature could not, possibly, have intended that a person making 2 or 3 transactions should be treated as a “Casual Trader”, but a person making only one transaction should be treated at par with regular traders. - It is well settled that in construing a statutory provision, words in the singular are to include the plural and vice versa, unless repugnant to the context in which the expression has been used, as provided in Section 13(2) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 and provisions identical thereto in State enactments pertaining to General Clauses. - SC....