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1968 (10) TMI 89 - SC - VAT and Sales TaxTax liability - Held that:- Appeal dismissed. The tax is at the same rate and therefore the tax cannot be said to be higher in the case of imported goods. It may be that when the rate is applied the resulting tax is somewhat higher but that does not offend against the equality contemplated by article 304. That is the consequence of ad valorem tax being levied at a particular rate. So long as the rate is the same article 304 is satisfied. Even in the case of local manufacturers if their cost of production varies, the net tax collected will be more or less in some cases but that does not create any inequality because inequality is not the result of the tax but results from the cost of production of the goods or the cost of their importation. This ground, therefore, has also no substance. Thus it necessary to set down here the provisions of the Haryana Amendment Act because they follow the scheme of the Punjab Amendment Act in substance and what we have said in regard to the Punjab Amending Act applies mutatis mutandis to Haryana Amendment Act also.
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