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Issues: Whether physician samples of patent and proprietary medicines were entitled to exemption under Notification No. 48/77-C.E. when the sample packing was not distinctly different from the regular trade packing and the basic eligibility conditions for free distribution were not established.
Analysis: The relevant exemption required physician samples to be packed in a form distinctly different from regular trade packing and to satisfy the conditions governing free supply to hospitals, nursing homes, or medical practitioners. The sample phials and trade phials were of the same size, the sample packing was not distinctive at a glance, and minor differences such as quantity or price markings were insufficient to satisfy the requirement. Mere mention in the classification list or routing the samples through a sale promoter did not establish compliance with the mandatory conditions of the notification.
Conclusion: The samples did not qualify for exemption under Notification No. 48/77-C.E., and the departmental challenge succeeded.
Final Conclusion: The exemption claim failed because the sample packs were not shown to be distinctly different from trade packing and the substantive conditions for duty-free clearance were not met.
Ratio Decidendi: For physician samples to qualify for exemption, the packing must be visibly and materially distinct from normal trade packing, and compliance with the mandatory conditions of the exemption notification must be established.
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