Supreme Court of India

M/s. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Jaipur

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Reported as [2005] 2 S.C.R. 391
Bench S.N. Varia Va, Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 24 February 2005

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the department has failed to prove the test of marketability.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944-Section 2-/ntermediate product arising in manufacture of final product-Dutiability of -Held, duty is leviab/e thereon if such product can be sold or purchased in the market-Burden to prove marketability is on the department which it failed to discharge-Duty not /eviable. Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985-Tariff Heading 28.43-Silver Chloride arising in the manufacture of Zinc-Test of marketability-Department not taking steps to collect evidence of marketability-Consequently assessee's · appeal allowed for want of evidence-lethargy and reluctance on the part of department

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on

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