Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa v. M/s. Cosme Farma Laboratories Ltd.

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 360
Bench Anil R. Dave and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 7 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we do not agree with the submissions made on behalf of the learned counsel appearing for the Revenue.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 - Central Excise Act, 1944 - Drug manufacturing firm-loan licensee getting its medicaments manufactured through the job workers - Loan licensee, whether manufacturer - Payment of excise duty on goods - Liability of - Assessable value of goods - 0 Determination of - Held: Manufacturing activity was done only by the job workers in their premises and with the help of their labour force and machinery - Job workers were not manufacturing the drugs as agents of the loan licensee or on behalf of the loan licensee, but were carrying out the manufacturing activity

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