2005 (3) TMI 731

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..... l Tax, under section 44(10) of the M.P. General Sales Tax Act, 1958 (since repealed), by the Board of Revenue in R.A. No. 76-PBR/91 which in turn arises out of an order dated March 25, 1991, passed in Appeal No. 201/3/86 to answer the following question of law: "Whether, under the facts and circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was justified in holding that the stand of sewing machines is a par .....

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..... legal and proper. 5. It is not in dispute that the stand so manufactured is only meant for sewing machine and nothing else. In other words, the structure of stand manufactured is such that it is only used or one may say can be used for running the sewing machine. It can also not be disputed that in order to run the sewing machine comfortably, one needs the stand. In view of these two material f .....

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..... er cent). We do not agree. 7.. It is not in dispute that the State has issued a notification by which a concessional rate of tax is prescribed for sewing machine, i.e., 5 per cent. If the submission of learned counsel for State is accepted then, it will defeat the very purpose of granting concessional rate of tax to sewing machine. In other words, it can never be the intention of Legislature to t .....

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