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Supreme Court Rules Rooh Afza as ‘Fruit Drink’; Marketing Labels Not Decisive for Tax Classification
The Supreme Court of India has held that "Rooh Afza," the popular beverage concentrate produced by Hamdard Laboratories, should be classified as a "fruit drink" rather than an unclassified "sharbat" for Value Added Tax (VAT) purposes.The judgment, delivered on Wednesday by a bench comprising...
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