Supreme Court of India

M/s Astra Pharmaceuticals (p) Ltd. v. Collector of Central Excise, Chandigarh

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 692
Bench R.M. Sahai and K.S. Paripoornan JJ.
Decided 16 December 1994

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Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944: Central Excise Tariff-Item 14E­ Explanation I and II-Scope and interpretation of 20% Dextrose Injections '-Cover carrying the name 'AP-Astra'- Injections mentioned in Pharmacopoeia-Held injections were not patent and proprietary medicines dutiable under Tariff Item 14E-Mark 'AP­ Astra' held only a monograph which identified the manufacturer-It did not establish any relationship between mark and medicine~Distinction between 'House Mark' and 'Product Mark' in respect of pharmaceutical products discu~sed . The appellant was manufacturing 20% dextrose

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