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Lavatories

Lavatories. In factories and workshops, see Public HealthAct,1936, s. 46; (English) Shops Act, 1934; ss. 87 to 89, P.H. Act, 1936....

Sanitary fittings, means fittings which promote cleanliness. Glazed tiles immediately show even little dirt, and can be kept free from dirt with little effort and are generally conducive to healthy conditions. The essential attribute of glazed tiles is that they ensure sanitary conditions. They are, therefore, covered within the expression 'sanitary fittings', H&R Johson (India) Ltd. v. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, (1981) 22 Guj LR 10 (DB).Means such pipes or materials as are meant for use for supply of water to or in lavatories, urinals, or bathrooms of private houses or public buildings, and they do not include heavy pipes which are laid underground as mains for carrying water supply from one area or place to another, Dy. Commr. of Sales Tax v. G.S. Pai, (1980) 1 SCR 938.The expression 'sanitary fittings' means such pipes or materials as are meant for use for supply of water to or in lavatories, urinals or bathrooms or private houses or public buildings and they do not include he...

Lavatory

Washing or cleansing by washing...

Sanitary fitting

Sanitary fitting, does not include spun pipes but the expression would include such pipes when used in bathrooms or lavatories, Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. v. STO, (1972) UPTC 414: 32 STC 95: (1973) Tax LR 1793....

Water supply and sanitary fittings

Water supply and sanitary fittings, the expression 'sanitary fittings' has received judicial interpreta-tion by the Supreme Court in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Indian Hume Pipe Ltd., [39 STC 355: (1977) 2 SCC 724: 1977 SCC (Tax) 335], where it has been laid down that 'sanitary fittings' according to the popular sense of the term mean such pipes or materials as are used in lavatories, urinals or bathrooms of private houses or public buildings. The use of the word 'fittings' suggests that the expression is intended to refer to articles or things which are fitted or fixed to the floor or walls of a building and they may in a given case include even articles or materials fitted or fixed outside, provided they can be considered as attached or auxiliary to the building or part of it such as, for example, a pipe carrying faecal matter from the commode to the septic tank, but they cannot include pipes laid underground for carrying water supply. Moreover, the words 'water supply... fittings' do ...

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