1985 (7) TMI 264

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....ant.  Shri M.I. Shah, Consultant, for the Respondents. [Order per : V.T. Raghavachari, Member (J)]. - The, two appeals were heard together as the issue for decision in both is the same. 2. After issue of notice that excisable product falling under Item 22-F was being manufactured by the respondents M/s. Hindustan Mineral Traders and M/s. Karnataka Asbestos but they had not taken o....

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....ppellant Collector is that the asbestos fibre in the rocks is thus separated by the crushing of the rocks and the resultant product being asbestos fibre the same is classifiable under Item 22-F(4) CET and since thus an excisable product is brought into existence by the process applied by the respondents to the rocks the said process of crushing of the rocks to separate the fibres amounts to manufa....

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....horities. In any event we find that this contention would not be correct. In the McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science & Technology (5th Edition) it is found stated at page 744 of Vol. I that asbestos is the general name for the useful, fibrous varieties of six rock forming minerals. Specifically dealing with amphibole asbestos it is stated "the fibrous amphiboles that are termed asbestos are gener....

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....ussed including the amphiboles, the chysotile etc. On a perusal of these books it is found that the only distinction between the fibres obtained from the chrysotile and those obtained from amphibole is that while the former yield fibers of some length the latter yields fibers of short length. It also appears that while fibres of the longer length could be woven the fibres of shorter length could n....