Supreme Court of India

Mis. Psi Data Systems Ltd. v. Collector of Central Excise

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 266
Bench S.P. Bharucha and S.C. Sen JJ.
Decided 17 December 1996

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From the headnote

Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944: Section 5- (l). Excise duty-Notification dated 1.3.1989-Exemption to computer software falling under heading 85.24. Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985: Schedule-Chapter 84 Headings 84.71 and 85.24-Note 5(a) and 6. Excise duty-Valuation-Computel'--Software such as discs, floppies, CD-ROMs sold along with compute1~Value of such software held not in­ cludible in assessable value of computers. The question in these appeals is whether the value of software, such as discs, floppies, CD ROMs and the like (not the intellectual property . recorded or stored thereon),

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