Supreme Court of India

M/s. Grasim Industries Ltd. v. Union of India

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Reported as [2011] 12 S.C.R. 1013
Bench H.L. Dattu and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 13 October 2011

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we cannot sustain the Judgment and Order of the High Court dated 31.07.2008.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944: s.2(f) - Repair and maintenance work of mact;iihery used c in manufacturing the end product - Metal scrap and waste arising out-of such repair and mairltenanc.e work- Held: Such repair and maintenance work would not amount to manufactwing activity in relation to production of end product - Therefore, scrap and waste cannot be said to be a by- c product of end product - No excise duty payable on generation of such scrap and waste. ss. 2(f), 3 - Excisability of goods - Held: The goods have to satisfy the test of being produced or manufactured in India - Simply because

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