Supreme Court of India

Collector of Central Excise, Madras Etc. v. M/s. I.T.C. Ltd., Bihar Etc.

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Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 934
Bench M.B. Shah and Arun Kumar JJ.
Decided 6 February 2003

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Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985; Item No.17/Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944; Rule 8(1): Exemption Notification-Cigarette packet-Levy of excise duty­ Exemption from-Held, cigarette packet containing shell and the slides covering all sides could appropriately be classified as box and not container­ Container is also analogous to box, however, it is generally used for transportation and storage of articles-Exemption Notification not attracted- Hence, excise duty was rightly levied on printed cigarette packets by the Revenue-Central Excise Rules; Rules 71, 72, 74 and 93-Exemption Notification

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