Supreme Court of India

M/s Dharti Dredging and Infrastructure Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Guntur

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Reported as [2023] 4 S.C.R. 739
Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 1 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the impugned order is hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Customs Tariff Act, 1975 – Note 2 to Section XVII – Inapplicability of – Items excluded and denied the benefit of exemption notification, if integral parts of “Cutter Suction Dredger” – Appellant imported a Cutter Suction Dredger along with other accessories and equipments including Pipes, Anchor Boats, Multicats, Dredging pumping units, Engines and other s pares and accessories classified under the Chapter Heading 89 05 10 00 of the 1975 Act – Claimed benefit of nil rate of duty under the notification – Assistant Commissioner held that the multicat s, pipes, imported dredging pumping units

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