State Of Tamil Nadu vs Popular Thread Factory on 20 December, 1999
To consider the question whether cotton sewing thread retained its characteristic of its being cotton yarn it is relevant to refer to the following observations of the Allahabad High Court in Mohta Trading Co. v. Commissioner of Sales Tax, U.P., Lucknow [1976] 38 STC 11 approved and quoted in Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Bombay v. Arvind Trading Company [1995] 98 STC 288 (Bom) :