Supreme Court of India

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co. v. Collector of Central Excise, Vadodara

Neutral citation
Reported as [2001] 1 S.C.R. 447
Bench B.N. Kirpal, Ruma Pal and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 18 January 2001

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, while I.A. No. 311995 in C. A. No. 9122/1994 is allowed and it is held that the appellants therein are entitled to the benefit of notification No. 127/1988 with effect from Isl March, 1988, the appeals are dismissed with no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Excise Law: Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944: Tariff Item Nos. IO, II- and 27.13. Exemption Notifications-Low Sulphur Heavy Stock (LSHS)-Exempted from excise duty-Assessee manufactured fertilizers by using LSHS-First two notifications exempted furnace oil and petroleum stock if used as feed stock in the manufacture of fertilizers-Third notification exempted LSHS if used c as feed stock but subjected it to a lower rate of excise duty if used otherwise than as feed stock-Assessee used LSHS directly in manufacture of fertilizers and for manufacture of steam which in turn was used in

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.