Supreme Court of India

Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. and Anr. v. Commissioner of Central Excise and Anr.

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 199
Bench Syed Shah Mohmmed Quadri and Shivaraj V Patil JJ.
Decided 8 August 2000

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Tribunal is not correct in coming to the conclusion that the turbo alternator is excisable goods.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 : Section 3-Excise duty-Exigibility to-Twin condition-Turbo alterna­ tor-Held, to attract excise duty an article must satisfy the twin conditions of being (i) excisable goods and (ii) produced or manufactured in India-Turbo alternator does notfu!fil the.first condition-Hence excise duty cannot be levied on it-Central Excise Tar({{ Act, 1985-Heading 85.02. Manufacturing process-Meaning of-Turbo alternator-Assessee pro­ duced turbo alternator by fixing a steam turbine on to an alternator perma­ nently placed on a pla(form at the customers premise:.~Held, when

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