1982 (1) TMI 164

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..... r the following common question for the opinion of the court: " Whether the Member, Sales Tax Tribunal, is correct in law to hold that garlic is a vegetable and accordingly free from sales tax?" 2.. The Tribunal came to the conclusion that garlic was vegetable. The Tribunal referred to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case Mangulu Sahu Ramahari Sahu v. Sales Tax Officer, Ganjam [1973] .....

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..... as held to be vegetables. This Court held ginger to be vegetable. The four items were, therefore, excepted from the term "vegetables". This goes a long way to support the view that but for the exception, garlic would have been covered by the term "vegetables". 3.. It is difficult indeed to lay down a common standard to determine what exactly would be included in the term "vegetables". Ordinarily .....

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