Supreme Court of India

M/s. L. R. Brothers Indo Flora Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise

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Reported as [2020] 10 S.C.R. 1043
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 1 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that CESTAT has rightly upheld the levy of customs duty.

Judgment, page 32

From the headnote

Customs Act, 1962 – Central Excise Act, 1944 – s.3 – Appellant, a 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU) was en gaged in production of cut flowers and flower buds – The 100 % EOU is required to export all articles produced by it and was exempted from payment of customs duty on the imported inputs u sed during production of the exported articles vide exemption notification d ated 03.06.1994 – Under the said notification, exemption on levy of customs duty was extended even to the inputs used in pro duction of articles sold in domestic market – Thereafter, came amended notification dated 18.05.2001, by

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