In Brief
In this Special Leave Petition by the Principal Commissioner of Income-tax against Seagram Manufacturing, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition on the ground of delay in filing. However, rather than addressing the substantive legal question raised, the Court kept the matter open, indicating that the underlying legal issue remains undecided and could be revisited if the petition were properly filed within the prescribed time limits. The dismissal was therefore procedural rather than on merits.
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