Supreme Court of India

Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1988] 1 S.C.R. 700
Decided 30 October 1987
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the amend­ ments to rules 9 and 49 are quite legal and valid.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Levy of excise duty on yarn obtained at an intermediate stage in ... the process of manufacture of fabrics-Amended rules 9 and 49 of the c Central Excise Rules, 1944-lnterpretation thereof _J The appellant No. 1, J.K. Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mills Limited, has a composite mill wherein it manufactures fabrics of diffe- rent types, for which yarn is obtained at an intermediate stage, and the yarn is processed in an integrated process in the said composite mill for weaving the same into fabrics. The Central Board of Excise issued a Circular dated September 24, 1980, purporting to interpret

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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