Supreme Court of India

M/s. Tata Chemicals Ltd. v. The Collector of Central Excise, Ahmedabad

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Reported as [2015] 8 S.C.R. 1009
Bench Dipak Misra and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 6 August 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid analysis, I arrive at the D irresistible conclusion that the letters spell out an arrangement between the assessee and the buyers.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944: s. 4(4)(d) - Co'Stof packing material/gunny bags returnable for reuse by the assessee­ seller- Inclusion in assessable value- Whetherthe price of the gunny bags be included in the assessable value of the soda ash for the purpose of levy of excise under the Act - Per Dipak Misra, J - Once the existence of arrangement and 0 choice to return the pac~ing material for reuse are established for the period in question, the packing cost would not be included- Per II. Gopala Gowda, J - In order to arrive at conclusion that the assessee is not liable to get the exemption from

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