Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab & Ors. v. Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 331
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Madan B. Lokur JJ.
Decided 17 December 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid facts, we find that the Assessing Authority, Appellate Authority and the Tribunal rightly held that the mobile/cell phone charger is an accessory to cell phone and H 340 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2014] ·11 S.C.R .• A is not a part of the cell phone.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Punjab Value Added Tax Act, 2005: Schedule ' 'Entry 60(6)(g) - Cell Phone Battery Charger sold along with Cell c Phone - Applicability of concessional rate of tax on the battery charger as applicable to cell phones and parts thereof - Held: Battery Charger is not a part of mobile/cell phone - It is nothing but an accessory to the mobile phone - In common parlance also, the mobile battery charger is understood as an accessory - Merely, making a composite package of cell phone charger would not make it composite good for the purpose of interpretation of the provisions - Battery Charger cannot

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