M/S Linde India Ltd. v. the Assistant Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
This judgment addresses multiple Sales Tax Revision references concerning the classification of mixed industrial gases. The High Court held that revenue could not disturb long-standing classification of gases as 'Industrial Inputs' solely based on a Commissioner's Clarification lacking technical evidence. Mixing inert gases does not create a new commodity, and the burden to prove exclusion from a
What did the court decide?
All Sales Tax Revision references allowed; assessment orders classifying gas mixtures under residual entries and levying additional tax, interest, and penalty quashed and set aside.