{"id":56310,"date":"2010-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/oceanic-vs-unknown-on-5-march-2010"},"modified":"2015-10-21T07:40:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T02:10:55","slug":"oceanic-vs-unknown-on-5-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/oceanic-vs-unknown-on-5-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"Oceanic vs Unknown on 5 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Oceanic vs Unknown on 5 March, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: D.A.Mehta,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Ms.Justice H.N.Devani,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nTAXAP\/1808\/2009\t 1\/ 6\tJUDGMENT \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nTAX\nAPPEAL No. 1808 of 2009\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE D.A.MEHTA      Sd\/-\n \n\n \nHONOURABLE\nMS.JUSTICE H.N.DEVANI    \nSd\/- \n \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?    \n\t\t\tYES\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo be\n\t\t\treferred to the Reporter or not ?  YES\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?       \n\t\t\t  NO\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?               NO\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?                       \n\t\t\t  NO\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\nOCEANIC\nFOOD PVT LTD - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT - Opponent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\nAppearance : \nMR\nTANVISH BHATT FOR M\/S WADIA GHANDY &amp; CO\nfor Appellant(s) : 1, \nMS\nMAITHILI MEHTA, AGP. for Opponent(s) :\n1, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE D.A.MEHTA\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMS.JUSTICE H.N.DEVANI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\nDate\n: 05\/03\/2010 \n\n \n\nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.A.MEHTA)<\/p>\n<p>1.\tThe<br \/>\nAppellant has challenged order dated 27.3.2005 made by the Gujarat<br \/>\nValue Added Tax Tribunal by proposing following questions stated to<br \/>\nbe the substantial questions of law :\n<\/p>\n<p> (i)\tWhether on the facts<br \/>\nand circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal was right in<br \/>\nlaw in holding that dried onion and garlic were chargeable to tax<br \/>\nunder Entry No. 100 of Schedule-IIA and not exempt from tax under<br \/>\nentry 40 of Schedule I of the Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969 ?\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii)\tWhether on the facts and<br \/>\ncircumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal had overreached its<br \/>\npowers by deciding on the undisputed aspect of taxability of dried<br \/>\nonion and garlic which was neither raised before it nor pleaded?\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tThe<br \/>\nAppellant &#8211; Oceanic Food Private Limited Company is in the business<br \/>\nof manufacture and marketing  of dried vegetables. For the period<br \/>\nunder consideration viz. 1995-96, the Appellant had purchased onion<br \/>\nand garlic  valued at Rs. 93,40,325\/- from Sun Foods Private Limited,<br \/>\nJamnagar by issuing Form No. 26 and paying sum of Rs.4,025\/- for the<br \/>\ngoods so purchased as tax considering the goods to be dehydrated. The<br \/>\nAppellant thereafter claimed on 20.7.1999 that the tax was wrongly<br \/>\npaid as the goods were exempt by virtue of Entry No. 40 in Schedule I<br \/>\nto the Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969 (the Act). The Assessing Officer<br \/>\ndid not accept the contention and charged tax at an appropriate rate<br \/>\non the basis that the goods were dried vegetables and taxable under<br \/>\nEntry No. 100(a) as per Schedule II-A of the Act. The Appellant did<br \/>\nnot succeed either in the first Appeal or before the Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tLearned<br \/>\nAdvocate for the Appellant invited attention to both Entry No.40 of<br \/>\nSchedule I of the Act and Entry No. 100 of Schedule II of the Act, to<br \/>\nsubmit that both onion and garlic would fall within Entry No. 40<br \/>\nbeing edible tubers and therefore the goods were exempt from tax.<br \/>\nThat in any view of the matter, the issue involved interpretation of<br \/>\nrelevant Entry and classification of the goods giving rise to<br \/>\nsubstantial questions of law as proposed, or any other question that<br \/>\nmay be formulated by the High Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\tEntry<br \/>\nNo.100(i) which is relevant reads as under :\n<\/p>\n<p>100(i)<\/p>\n<p>Foodstuff<br \/>\n\t\t\tand food provisions of all kinds(including dried fruits and dried<br \/>\n\t\t\tvegetables, raw, or semi-cooked, semiprocessed or ready to serve<br \/>\n\t\t\tfoods, marmalade and honey) <\/p>\n<p>[Twelve<br \/>\n\t\t\t  Twelve  III.6.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\t\t\t \n\npaise\n\t\t\t    paise \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\nin\n\t\t\tthe    in the\n\t\t\t \n\nrupee\n\t\t\t    rupee] \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nEntry\n<\/pre>\n<p>No. 40 appearing in Schedule I reads as under :\n<\/p>\n<p> 40.<br \/>\nFresh vegetables and edible    xxx     1.8<\/p>\n<p>  tubers.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tA<br \/>\nplain reading of Entry No. 100(i) appearing in Schedule IIA of the<br \/>\nAct indicates that all dried vegetables, whether raw or semi-cooked,<br \/>\nor semiprocessed, etc. would fall within the description of foodstuff<br \/>\nand food provisions of all kinds. As against that Entry No. 40 of<br \/>\nSchedule I of the Act refers to fresh vegetables and edible tubers.<br \/>\nIt is not possible to treat cut and dried onion and garlic as either<br \/>\nfresh vegetables or edible tubers, the term  tuber  having<br \/>\na specific connotation even in common parlance. Concise Oxford<br \/>\nDictionary defines &#8216;tuber  to mean  the<br \/>\nshort thick rounded part of a  stem or rhizome, usu. found<br \/>\nunderground and covered with modified buds,e.g. in a potato .<br \/>\nAdmittedly the goods purchased are cut and dried onion and garlic and<br \/>\nwould thus fall within the meaning of the term dried vegetables. They<br \/>\nwould be covered by Entry No. 100(i) of Schedule IIA of the Act even<br \/>\nif they are cut and dried in raw condition.\n<\/p>\n<p>6.\tIn<br \/>\nthe circumstances, it is not possible to accept the submissions made<br \/>\non behalf of the Appellant. In absence of any error in the approach<br \/>\nadopted by the Tribunal and the subordinate authorities, no<br \/>\nsubstantial question of law, as proposed or otherwise, arises out of<br \/>\nimpugned order of Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.\tThe<br \/>\nAppeal is accordingly dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>          Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                  Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>   (D.A. Mehta, J.)   (H.N. Devani, J.)             <\/p>\n<p>  M.M.BHATT<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Oceanic vs Unknown on 5 March, 2010 Author: D.A.Mehta,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Ms.Justice H.N.Devani,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print TAXAP\/1808\/2009 1\/ 6 JUDGMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD TAX APPEAL No. 1808 of 2009 For Approval and Signature: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.A.MEHTA Sd\/- HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE H.N.DEVANI Sd\/- ========================================================= 1 Whether Reporters [&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":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oceanic vs Unknown on 5 March, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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