Supreme Court of India

M/s. Coastal Paper Ltd. v. Commnr. of Central Excise, Visakhapatnam

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Reported as [2015] 8 S.C.R. 486
Bench A.K. Sikri and R. F. Nariman JJ.
Decided 21 July 2015

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the expression 'rags' appearing in the Notification has to be construed having regard to the attendant circumstances, the context in which the same F is used in the said Notification as well as the purpose for which this term has appeared in the Notification.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985: Notification No. 22194- CE dated 01.03.1994 - Entitlement to exemption under­ Paper manufactured out of pulp of waste gunny bags/jute waste - Revenue denied exemption on the ground that pulp of waste gunny bags/jute waste is nothing but pulp of rags - . Held: Assessee entitled to exemption under the said 0 Notification - Pulp from the waste of jute bags or gunny bags would not be covered by the term 'rags' appearing in Notification dated 01-03-1994 as it could never be the intention to exclude non-conventional material from the benefit of the said Notification

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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