Supreme Court of India

Commisssioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, Hyderabad v. Ashwani Homeo Pharmacy

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 281
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 3 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal fails and is, there fore, dismissed.

Judgment, page 73

From the headnote

Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985: Chapter 30, First Sch edule, Tariff Item 3003 90 14 – Product “Aswini Homeo Arnica Hair Oil ” – Classification of, as ‘medicament’ under Tariff It em 3003 90 14 in Chapter 30 or as ‘cosmetic or toilet preparations ’ under Tariff Item 3305 90 19 in Chapter 33 – Held: Product Aswini Homeo Arnica Hair Oil merits classification as ‘medicament’ unde r Chapter 30 and not as ‘cosmetic or toilet preparations’ under Chapter 33 – On basis of the twin test-common parlance test as also the i ngredients test, it is rightly held to be medicament – Furthermo re, when the

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