Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Central Excise, Nagpur v. S. Gurukripa Resins Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2011] 8 S.C.R. 178
Bench D.K. Jain and H.L. Dattu JJ.
Decided 11 July 2011

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the operation of lifting of the water from the well to the higher levels, E is so integrally connected with the manufacture of "Turpentine -Oil" and "Rosin", that without this activity it is impossibleAo manufacture the said goods and therefore, the processing of the said raw material in or in relation to manufacture of the said final goods is carried on with the aid of power.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944: c S.2(f) - Manufacture of goods- 'Process' in or in relation to 'manufacture' of goods with the aid of power - Connotation of - Explained - Manufacture of "Turpentine oil" and "Rosin" from the raw material known as 'crude turpentine' through the process of distillation - Water lifted with the aid of electric 0 motor from the well to ground level storage tank and again from ground level to overhead tanks for sprinkling water on condensers for the purpose of distillation - HELD: The operation of lifting water from the well to the higher levels is so integrally

Where later benches applied it

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