Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation ... vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 11 October, 2001
11. Ld. Counsel for the assessee distinguished case laws cited by revenue of the Supreme
Court in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd. (supra) as well as the decision of the
Kerala High Court in Vijaya Retreaders (supra), wherein it has been held that tyre-retreading is
not production. In the above cases assessees were not the manufacturers of tyres or retread
rubber. They were purchasing retread rubber from tyre manufacturers and pasting the same on
the worn tyres. As such they were not manufacturers. This decision is non- germane to the
present issue. In view of this fact, he stated that repair in assessee's case is after-sale service as
all manufacturers universally offer to their customers.