Supreme Court of India

Whirlpool of India Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 869
Bench Ashok Bhan, H.S. Bedi and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 2 November 2007

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What the Court ordered

In the result the Judgment of the High Court is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed with costs.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Central Excise Act 1944-s. 4 (1) and (2)-Notification under­ One of the conditions for inclusion of the goods in the Notification that it should be 'packaged good'-/nclusion of Refrigerator in the Notification-Challenged only on the ground that it is not a 'packaged . good '-Held: Reji-igerator is a 'packaged commodity' under Standards of Weights and Measures Act and Rules.framed thereunder-Hence its inclusion in Notification not wrong on this ground, unless validity of the Notification is challenged otherwise-Standards of Weights and Measures Acf. 1976-s. 2(b)-Standards of Weights and

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