1957 (10) TMI 23

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..... o special sales tax under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1946, or are liable only to general sales tax. Now, turning to section 6, sub-section (1)(a) provides for a general tax at the rate of one half of an anna in a rupee and this applies to sales of goods excluding the goods specified in Schedule I, while sub clause (b) provides for a special tax at the rate of one ann .....

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..... are toilet articles, are they soaps? Now, the composition of these articles, as stated by the applicants is "Barium sulphide combined with the whiting powder and vaseline" and the properties of these articles are depilatory only. Considering the property of the articles, the question is whether those are or are not toilet articles. The words "toilet articles" include within its scope a large vari .....

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..... ithin the exception to entry 6 in Schedule I. What a manufacturer calls an article does not determine its true character or his liability to tax under the Sales Tax Act; and it is only the character of the article that attracts the tax and not the name by which it is known in the market. The definition of "soap" given again in Webster's Dictionary is "a cleansing agent, made usually by action of a .....

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