Supreme Court of India

Collector of Central Excise v. Calcutta Steel Industries and Ors.

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 595
Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and S. Ranganathan JJ.
Decided 27 October 1988

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, found no reason to interfere with the order of the Assistant Collector, Central Excise which was accordingly upheld.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944-Central Excise Tariff Items 26AA (ia) and 26AA (ii)-Hoop and Strip whether assessable to duty. The respondent company filed revised classification lists classify- ing all rectangular products of thickness below 3.0 mm manufactured by them as bars covered by Tariff Item 26AA(ia) of the Central Excise Tariff. The Asstt. Collector, Central Excise took the view that rectang'11ar products of thickness less than 3.0 mm and of width less than 75 mm fell under the definition of 'Hoops' and merit classification , under Tariff Item 26AA(ii) and exigible to the

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