Supreme Court of India

M/s. Motiram Tolaram and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. The Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 82
Bench B.N. Kirpal, A.P. Misra and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 5 August 1999

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any merit in these appeals.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Customs Tariff Act, 1975: S.3-Additional duty on polyvinyl alcohol-Notification No. 185 of 1983-Assessees claiming benefit of the Notification and contending to pay excise duty of l 0% ad valorem, instead of normal duty of 40fJ/rr-Held, under s.3, rate of duty would be only that which an Indian manufacturer would pay under the Excise Act on a like article-When under the provisions of Excise Act an assessee wants to claim benefit of an exemption/notification, then / onus is on him to prove· and show that the conditions, if any, which are imposed by the exemption/notification have been

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