Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 808 · Decided 31 July 1996

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative LTD. v. Collector of Central Excise, Ahmedabad

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1996 INSC 808 · [1996] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 183
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 5437/1990
Decided
31 July 1996
Bench
S.P. BHARUCHA, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil

Headnote

B Central Excises & Salt Act, 1944 : First Schedule, Item 6-Raw naphtha-Exemptio11 Notification No. 187/61 presC1ibing concessional rate of duty on raw naphtha used to produce C ammo11ia, which was used ill ma11ufacture of fC!tilisers---Appellant allowed concessional rate of duty on raw plant but required to pay duty at full rate 011 naphtha used to produce ammonia which was used in off-site plants, namely, water treatnient, steanl generation, inert gas generation and effluent treallnent plants-Held, these off-site plants are a necessary pmt of the process of D manufacture of

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