Supreme Court of India

Collector of Customs v. M/s. Modi Rubber Ltd.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 124
Bench S.P. Bharucha, R.C. Lahoti and N. Santosh Hegde JJ.
Decided 1 December 1999

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Tribunal is right in the view that it took.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Customs Tariff Act, 1975-lmport of styrene butadiene latex­ Notification No. 82186 (as amended on 2.4.1986) exempting payment of customs duty on raw rubber, natural or synthetic, latex, natural or synthetic­ Clause I of the notification excluding styrene butadiene rubber and oil extended styrene butadiene rubber from the benefit of notification-Assessee 's claim for exemption-Allowed by Tribunal-On appeal-Held, principal clause of notification makes a distinction between 'rubber', natural or synthetic and 'latex' natural or synthetic-Exclusion Clause I must be construed ~ith regard to

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