{"id":229476,"date":"2010-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-vs-ms-reliance-industries-limited-on-16-february-2010"},"modified":"2016-05-23T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T10:40:58","slug":"state-of-karnataka-vs-ms-reliance-industries-limited-on-16-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-vs-ms-reliance-industries-limited-on-16-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"State Of Karnataka vs M\/S Reliance Industries Limited on 16 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Of Karnataka vs M\/S Reliance Industries Limited on 16 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: K.L.Manjunath &amp; B.V.Nagarathna<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 16\" DAY OF FEBRUARY, z\ufb01io\n\nPRESENT\nTHE HON'BLE M. JUSTICE K.L. MA#JvNATH_\"\n\nAND\n\nTHE HON'BLE Mas. JUSTICE afv. NAGARATHNA\"*\n\nSTRP No.i;i\/2008*.l\"7\nBETWEEN:\nState of Karnataka, _p._Vp--.\nR\/by the Sec:etary\"tdvQoVt;,x .\nFinance Department; 3\"\" \",*&lt;\u00ab--\nVidhana $o\ufb01dhe,j _:K3p 5 a pa\nBangaloreflgls &#039;*\u00bbpafA&#039;\u00bb= g &#039; .. PETITIONER\n(By Go\u00a7\u00a3;\u00a75d\u00a7\u00a7\u00a2a:e Smt,\u00e9eetha Menon)\nAND:\nM\/s Relia\ufb01EepIn\ufb01uetries Ltd.,\n\n_.No.7?\/C} II FloQ:,a\n&quot;D.K}Lane,&#039;Chikpet,\n\nAV_EangalQre+53?a .. RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n<p>(Bfxa6voeates&#8221;$ti.G.Rabinathan &amp; M.Thirumalesh)<\/p>\n<p>n\u00a2h;s STRP is filed under Sec.23(l) of KST Act<\/p>\n<p>x&#8217;a\u00a7alnst\u00a7 the order dated 12.2.2008 passed in STA<\/p>\n<p>H\u00a2.410\/2007 on the file of the Karnataka Appellate<\/p>\n<p>R&#8221;T;lb\ufb01nal, Bangalore, allowing the appeal and<\/p>\n<p>9,<\/p>\n<p>directing the AA to issue revised demand notices<br \/>\naccordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>This Petition is coming on for finala hearing<\/p>\n<p>this day, NAGARATHNA J. made the following\u00a7_Tu.<\/p>\n<p>O R D E~Rm4<\/p>\n<p>This revision petition has&gt; been .filed: by Fthe<br \/>\nState challenging the order dated l2:2i2$Q8 passed in<br \/>\nSTA 4310\/2007 by Ka_&#8217;rnati&#8217;a.1$gavvi'&#8221;-Appellate Tribunal,<\/p>\n<p>Bangalore.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The reievahtf \u00a3;cps_ off the case are that the<br \/>\nrespondentfassessee&#8211;gisg engaged in the business of<br \/>\ntrading in polyester yarn and other such materials<\/p>\n<p>and is a dealer under the provisions of the Karnataka<\/p>\n<p>_ Value Added Tax Act 2003 (hereinafter referred to as<\/p>\n<p>TfTh\u00a7,Act&#8221;}vand Central Sales Tax Act,l956. For the<\/p>\n<p>period&#8217;from_April,2006 to September,2006 respondent<\/p>\n<p>filed\ufb02 monthly returns under the provisions of<\/p>\n<p>_:&#8221;secI35(1l of the Act R\/w Rulew38 of Karnataka Value<\/p>\n<p>.Added Tax Rules,2005 (hereinafter referred to as &#8216;The<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rnles&#8217;). Claiming deduction in the total turn over<\/p>\n<p>A\/&#8217;\/&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>allowed to its purchasers which has resulted in<br \/>\nreduction of taxable turn over relating to goods sold<br \/>\nduring the said months. Responde\ufb01t!\u00a7hedr,issued<br \/>\ninvoices for the sales effected during the eeie peeled<br \/>\nand had charged sales tax for goods at the rate e\u00a3_\u00a7%<br \/>\nunder the Act separ\ufb01telygp * V<\/p>\n<p>3. According to the respondentg*incentive scheme was<br \/>\nextended to its &#8216;purchasers_ tor encourage them to<br \/>\npurchase higher quantities ofVgoods and make payments<\/p>\n<p>towards the gceds purchased for which respondent had<\/p>\n<p>issued credit dates in every month and allowed certain<br \/>\ndiscount &#8216;to _itsc*buyers subsequent to tax invoices<\/p>\n<p>already issued undernthe provisions of Sec.29 of the<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Act \u00a7ndL\u00a7\ufb02les madevthereunder. On account of the said<\/p>\n<p>VgschemeVof incentives and the issuance of credit notes<\/p>\n<p>and By way hf trade discounts which has resulted in<\/p>\n<p>hreduced taxable turn over relating to the goods sold<\/p>\n<p>{for particular months for which respondent had claimed<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;reduction in the amount of tax from the total turnover<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;\ufb02cor the said months. \ufb01y\ufb01<\/p>\n<p>(1<\/p>\n<p>to encourage the purchasers credit notes are issued<br \/>\nwhich would mean that the amounts at which invoices<br \/>\nwere issued would automatically be reducedg to the<br \/>\nextent of credit notes given to various pnfnhaners and<br \/>\nthat the tribunal was justified vgrovtev:<br \/>\nsaid fact and granting benefit with regar37\u00a75X#@d\ufb01C\u00e9d<br \/>\nturn over by allowing nthe Happealgwtiled bpl the<\/p>\n<p>respondent.\n<\/p>\n<p>8. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties<\/p>\n<p>and on perusal of the material on record, it is not in<\/p>\n<p>di9PuVe &#8220;&#8221;&#8221; &#8220;that din &#8220;terms &#8220;of the incentive scheme<br \/>\nrespondent has given to its various purchasers credit<\/p>\n<p>notes withg the ;putpote of encouraging&#8217; thenl to sell<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; greater :quantities&#8217; of its products and also with<\/p>\n<p>.Hregard&#8221;to prompt repayment. The issuance of the credit<\/p>\n<p>notest wodldi automatically&#8221; mean that the amounts as<\/p>\n<p>dmentioned in the invoices would be reduced which would<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbresult in reduction in the over all turn over relating<\/p>\n<p>ig ~t\u00a2 the goods sold for the particular month. However,<\/p>\n<p>dkwe find that the tribunal has not taken into<\/p>\n<p>ix.\n<\/p>\n<p>1-. law  <\/p>\n<p>assessing authority as well as the first appellate<br \/>\nauthority.\n<\/p>\n<p>9. From the material on record, it is not known as<br \/>\nto whether the details as stated in \u00a7ule;3l of the<br \/>\nRules had been furnished by the assessee tei the<br \/>\nassessing authority at the time or rdeidinsxhenetit<br \/>\nunder the said Rule. Under the oircuestanoes\ufb02 We deem<br \/>\nit proper to remand the .matter y\ufb01\ufb01 dthe dassessing<br \/>\nauthority with a direotion to the respondentmassessee<\/p>\n<p>to furnish all details of Rule&#8211;31 of the<\/p>\n<p>re&#8211;consider the entire matter in the light of the said<br \/>\nprovisions and pass fresh orders in accordance with<\/p>\n<p>19. gFor the aforesaid reasons, this revision petition<\/p>\n<p>dd is allowedif<\/p>\n<p>aizaaeea <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court State Of Karnataka vs M\/S Reliance Industries Limited on 16 February, 2010 Author: K.L.Manjunath &amp; B.V.Nagarathna IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 16&#8243; DAY OF FEBRUARY, z\ufb01io PRESENT THE HON&#8217;BLE M. JUSTICE K.L. MA#JvNATH_&#8221; AND THE HON&#8217;BLE Mas. JUSTICE afv. NAGARATHNA&#8221;* STRP No.i;i\/2008*.l&#8221;7 BETWEEN: State of Karnataka, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Of Karnataka vs M\/S Reliance Industries Limited on 16 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-vs-ms-reliance-industries-limited-on-16-february-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Of Karnataka vs M\/S Reliance Industries Limited on 16 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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