Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd. vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 17 April, 2003
In paragraph 22 of the same the respondents have sought to distinguish the decision in Saini and Co. v. Union of India [2000] 246 ITR 762 (HP) [FB], since that decision was delivered in the case of petitioners holding "L-13" licences who purchased liquor from distilleries and sold it to retailers, whereas in the present case there is no stockist and distilleries are selling liquor directly to the retailers from their depots. The case of K.K. Mittal and Co. [1991] 187 ITR 208 (P & H) is sought to be distinguished on the ground that the petitioners in that case were retail vendors who had obtained country liquor licences in an auction, and the maximum and minimum price were both fixed in each size of the bottles. In the present case, it is alleged that the quantity of the liquor is not fixed and it need not be sold by the retailer at a fixed price. The other decisions, referred to by the petitioner have been similarly sought to be distinguished.