Supreme Court of India

M/s. Span Diagnostics Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Surat

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 1015
Bench S.H. Kapadia and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.
Decided 30 April 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons that Item A Nos.2 I to 32 would fall under Chapter Heading 30.02 of CET A. Accordingly, the assessee succeeds in this regard.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Central Excise Tariff Act, I 985: Monoclonal Antibodies-Classificaiton of-Chapter Sub-heading 3002.00 or 3005.90-Assessee was engaged in the manufacture of blood- grouping reagents and diagnostic and laboratory reagents-These items were called Monoclonal Antibodies-Held: Monoclonal Antibodies (MABs) is a blood-grouping reagent-MABs specifically fall in Chapter Heading 30.02 as a culture of micro-organism-Hence, MABs are classifiable under Chapter Heading 30.02. Beta Visipreg, Visipreg Strip and Pregnancy Test Kits as 'antisera '­ Classification of-Chapter Sub-heading 3002.00 or 3822.00-Held:

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