Supreme Court of India

Collector of Central Excise, Chandigarh v. Decent Dyeing Co.

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Reported as [1989] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 430
Decided 7 December 1989

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Judgment, page 5

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It would be intolerable if the purcnasers were required to as­ certain whether excise duty had already been paid as they have no means of knowing it, .It has to be borne in mind that duty of excise is jlrimarily a duty levied on a manufacturer or a producer in respect of the c_ommodity manufactured or produced, processor is in the similar position as purchaser of the goods, [434D-EI Sulekh Ram & Sons v, Union of India & Ors., [1978[ ELT J 525 and Governor General in Council v, Province of Madras, 72 Indian Appeals 91, referred to. CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 2151- 52 (NM)

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