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Textiles, rayan yarn and nylon yarn are made of fibres and came within the purview of 'textiles', Sirsilk Ltd. v. Textiles Committee, AIR 1989 SC 317 (331). [Textiles Committee Act, 1963, s. 2(g)]

The word 'textiles' is derived from the Latin 'texere' which means 'to weave' and it means the woven fabric. When yarn, whether cotton, silk, woollen, rayon, nylon or of any other description or made out of any other material is woven into a fabric, what comes into being is a 'textiles' and it is known as such. It may be cotton textile, silk textile, woollen textile, rayon textile, nylon textile or any other kind of textile, Porrits & Spencer (Asia) Ltd. v. State of Haryana, AIR 1979 SC 300 (302): see also Sirsilk Ltd. v. Textile Committee, AIR 1989 SC 317 (321). [Punjab General Sales Tax Act (46 of 1948), Schedule B, item 30]

The expression 'textiles' as defined to include the products of carding, spinning, weaving, finishing and dyeing yarns and fabrics, printing, knitting and embroidering. (AIR 1963 Mad 112), Shree Meenakshi Mills v. Union of India, AIR 1974 SC 366 (371). [Essential Supplies Temporary (Powers) Act, (1946), s. 3