Supreme Court of India

Oswal Agro Mills Ltd. v. Collector of Central Excise and Ors.

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Reported as [1993] 3 S.C.R. 378
Bench K. Ramaswamy and R.M. Sahai JJ.
Decided 27 April 1993

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Central ..xcises and Salt Act, 1944: First Schedule, Item 15-Soap-Toilet Soap-"Household" and "other sorts"--Interpretation of "Toilet Soap"-Whether household soap within the meaning of Tariff item 15 (1). Interpretation of statutes; In interpreting a provision nothing 10 be added or deleted-Object of Leglsla1ttre 10 be gathered from the language used. The appellant-Mills claimed that the"toilet soaps" produced by them were bath soaps falling under tariffitem 15 (1) of the First Schedule (House· hold) to the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, but the Assistant Collector cJassified the same

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