{"id":170416,"date":"2000-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-01-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/trade-tax-officer-etc-vs-roadways-india-etc-on-12-january-2000"},"modified":"2016-03-14T06:04:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T00:34:46","slug":"trade-tax-officer-etc-vs-roadways-india-etc-on-12-january-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/trade-tax-officer-etc-vs-roadways-india-etc-on-12-january-2000","title":{"rendered":"Trade Tax Officer Etc. vs Roadways India Etc. on 12 January, 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Trade Tax Officer Etc. vs Roadways India Etc. on 12 January, 2000<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: JT 2000 (2) SC 47, (2000) 9 SCC 343<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S Bharucha<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S Bharucha, R Lahoti, N S Hegde<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>S.P. Bharucha, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. These writ petitions ought not to have been entertained by the High Court. Questions of facts were obviously involved as to the manner in which the motor vehicles were used. The writ petition was not the appropriate means of dealing with the issue. The civil appeals are allowed. The orders under appeal are set aside. The writ petitions are dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>2. It shall be open to the parties to take all available contentions in the assessment proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>3. No order as to costs.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Trade Tax Officer Etc. vs Roadways India Etc. on 12 January, 2000 Equivalent citations: JT 2000 (2) SC 47, (2000) 9 SCC 343 Author: S Bharucha Bench: S Bharucha, R Lahoti, N S Hegde JUDGMENT S.P. Bharucha, J. 1. 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