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States cannot levy ST on lotteries: court

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New Delhi: States cannot levy sales tax on lotteries, as lottery tickets do not come within the purview of "goods," the Supreme Court held on Friday.

A Constitution Bench, comprising Justices Ruma Pal, B.N. Srikrishna, S.H. Kapadia, Tarun Chatterjee and P.P. Naolekar, said this judgment would have retrospective effect. It was disposing of a batch of petitions questioning the imposition of sales tax on lotteries.

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