Supreme Court of India

M/s Quippo Energy Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise Ahmedabad – Ii

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Reported as [2025] 9 S.C.R. 1110
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 19 September 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that no new product had emerged on winding, cutting/slitting and packing.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the process of placing the Genset within a steel container and fitting the steel container with components such as radiator, ventilation fan, air filter unit, oil tank, pipes, pumps, valve and silencer would amount to “manufacture” u/s.2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Headnotes† Central Excise Act, 1944 – s.2(f) – Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 – Appellant is engaged in the business of providing containerised gas generating sets known as the Power Packs on a lease basis – In order to carry out the said business, the appellant imported Gas Generating Sets

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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