Assembling Video Cassettes Not Manufacturing: Appellate Tribunal Ruling

The Appellate Tribunal CEGAT upheld the Collector of Central Excise's decision that assembling video cassettes does not constitute manufacturing, based on the precedent set by the British Physical Laboratories (India) Ltd. case. The Tribunal ruled that the assembly of imported components in the factory did not meet the manufacturing criteria, similar to the BPL case, and rejected the Revenue's appeal.

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The Appellate Tribunal CEGAT, New Delhi upheld the order of the Collector of Central Excise, Bombay stating that the assembly of video cassettes does not amount to manufacture, following the decision in the case of British Physical Laboratories (India) Ltd. The Tribunal found that the imported components were assembled in the factory, similar to the BPL case, and dismissed the Revenue's appeal.

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