(1.) ALL the cases mentioned in the appendices to this judgment involve similar questions of law. Therefore, these references are answered by a common judgment.
(2.) THERE are two batches of references : in the first batch, references have been called by this Court under S. 27(3) of the WT Act in respect of cases mentioned in Appendix A to the judgment and the following question of law has been referred by the Tribunal for answer by this Court :
(3.) FOR convenient disposal of all these references, the facts given in WT Ref. No. 20 of 1994 are taken into consideration.