A.S. Krishna And Co. Ltd. vs The State Of Andhra on 9 August, 1955
14. The learned Judges of the Andhra High Court, in their decisions in Krishna and Co., Ltd. v. State of Andhra [1956] 7 S.T.C. 26 and Hanumantha Rao v. State of Andhra [1956] 7 S.T.C. 486 did not consider in the cases before them, whether the principal contract being one for service and not for sale of any goods, there had been any agreement between the parties, express or implied, for the sale of packing materials as such. The observations of the learned Judges would appear to imply that in their opinion what was necessary or sufficient to constitute a sale would be a transfer of movable property for consideration by a person carrying on business. That view is not in consonance with the principle that a mere passing of title to goods would not amount to a sale, except when such passing of title was the result of contract, express or implied, between the parties.