Supreme Court of India

Eskayef Limited v. Collector of Central Excise

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Reported as [1990] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 442
Bench N.M. Kasliwal and S.C. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 14 September 1990

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid we find no substance in this appeal and it is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944: First Schedule Item 14E­ Bifuran Supplement, Neftin-50 and Neftin-200--Whether chargeable to excise duty as patent or proprietary medicines. Item 14- of the First Schedule to the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 at the relevant time dealt with patent or proprietary medicines not containing alcohol, opium, Indian hemp or other narcotic drugs or narcotics. Explanation I thereto defined 'patent or proprietary medicines' to mean any drug or medicinal preparation, in whatever form, for use in the internal or external treatment of, or for the preven­ tion of

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