Supreme Court of India

M/s D.J. Malpani v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Nashik

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 925
Bench S. A. Bobde, Deepak Gupta and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 9 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We hold that when an amount is paid as Dharmada along with the sale price of goods, such payment is not made in consideration of the transfer of goods.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944: s.4 – Assessable value – Dharma da, a charitable donation – Inclusion of, in the assessable value – Held: When an amount is paid as Dharmada along with the sale price of goods, such payment is not made in consideration of the transfe r of goods – Such payment is meant for charity and is received and hel d in trust by the seller – If such amounts are meant to be credi ted to charity and do not form part of the income of the a ssessee, they cannot be included in the transaction value or assessabl e value of the goods – In the instant case, the Dharmada colle cted by

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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