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TMI Blog1955 (8) TMI 31X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... anumanthiah, has been prosecuted for failure to pay the balance of sales tax for 1950-1951 and 1951-1952. That he was a partner along with one A. P. Subramania Mudaliar and that they were doing business under the name and style of Messrs. P.H.A.P. Subramania Mudaliar and Co., is not disputed. The complaints have been undoubtedly laid against the petitioner and A.P. Subramania Mudaliar for offences ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e shall report the fact to the assessing authority within thirty days of (1) [1952] 3 S.T.C. 222; 1952 M.W.N. Crl. 187. (2) [1951] 2 S.T.C. 53; (1951) 1 M.L.J. 511. his entering into such a partnership and that the dealer or licensee and the partner shall jointly and severally be responsible for the payment of the tax leviable under the Act. But that rule does not override the provisions of the Ac ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... partners, it is the firm that is being prosecuted. Strictly speaking, when a firm is being prosecuted, it is against the name of the firm that the prosecution must lie and not merely against the partners as such. But, not to stand on mere techni- calities, if the entire partners had been brought on record, there is no objection to treating the entire partners as partners of the firm and the firm b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he cases against him alone were separated in the course of the trial, and the cases against him having been split up, the cases against the petitioner alone cease to be against the firm as such, and if the firm is not prosecuted, it has been held that the conviction cannot stand against the individual partner alone. It is true that the petitioner has admitted in his statement that he and Subramani ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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