https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174155 The relevant provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures regime applied to packaged commodities once the statutory provisions had been notified; a separate notification for each commodity was not required where the scheme otherwise covered that class. However, sun glasses sold on open display and chosen by customers were not pre-packed commodities merely because they were kept in a case or pouch for protection or convenience. A package is covered only where it is integral to sale and the contents have a predetermined value that changes only on opening or perceptible modification. On those facts, the seizure and compounding action lacked authority under the statutory scheme. en-us Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:30:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174155 The relevant provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures regime applied to packaged commodities once the statutory provisions had been notified; a separate notification for each commodity was not required where the scheme otherwise covered that class. However, sun glasses sold on open display and chosen by customers were not pre-packed commodities merely because they were kept in a case or pouch for protection or convenience. A package is covered only where it is integral to sale and the contents have a predetermined value that changes only on opening or perceptible modification. On those facts, the seizure and compounding action lacked authority under the statutory scheme. Case-Laws FEMA Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174155