Dinesh Joshi S/O Shri Narayan Lal Joshi vs State Of Madhya Pradesh Mandsaur Mp ... on 18 November, 2020
The instructions issued by the department are binding on the
authorities for the reason that the issuing a circular/instruction is
intimately conversant not only with the policy of legislation for the
purposes of the provisions of the Act but also familiar with the nature
and qualities of the commodities and also their use from time to time,
therefore, such notifications/circulars/executive instructions in fiscal
statutes are binding. Apart from the fact that circulars of the Board are
binding on the tax department, they are in the nature of contemporanea
expositing furnishing legitimate aid the construction to the relevant
provisions. More so, it is necessary to issue such circulars to give effect to
internal complexity of fiscal adjustment of diverse elements. [Vide State of
Orissa Vs. M/s. Dinabandhu Sahu & Ors., AIR 1976 SC 1561;K.P.
Vergese Vs. I.T.O. Ernakulam & Ors., AIR 1981 SC 1922; M/s. Keshavji
Ravji & Co. Vs. CIT., AIR 1991 SC 1806; Commissioner of Income Tax
Banglore Vs. Vasudeo V. Dempo, 1993 Supp (1) SCC 612; Collector of
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Central Excise Bombay Vs. Jayant Dalal (P) Ltd., (1997) 10 SCC 402;
Bengal Iron Corporation & Anr. Vs. Commercial Tax Officer & Ors., AIR
1993 SC 2414; Ranadey Micronutrients Vs. CCE, (1996) 10 SCC 387;
Poulose & Mathen Vs. CCE & Anr., (1997) 3 SCC 50; British Machinery
Supplies Co. Vs. Union of India & Ors., (1996) 9 SCC 663; and CCE Vs.
Usha Martin Industries, (1997) 7 SCC 47; and Commissioner of Central
Excise Vs. Pandit D.P. Sharma, (2003) 5 SCC 288).