2015 (1) TMI 592 - HC - VAT and Sales Tax

Detention of goods - Serial Number and TIN not printed on products - Held that - According to the petitioner, the goods are being moved to a new office opened at Gurgaon and they have time of 30 days to apply for TIN. Therefore, the petitioner claims that TIN will be obtained soon - writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to release the goods upon payment of the tax amount - Decided conditionally in favour of assessee.

Summary

The High Court of Madras ruled in favor of the petitioner in a goods detention case. The goods were detained for lacking a printed serial number and tax identification number. The court directed the respondent to release the goods upon payment of a tax amount of Rs. 1,84,223, with the compounding fee to be decided later.