1991 (2) TMI 280

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....or the Respondent. [Order per : G. Sankaran, President]. - The issue for determination in the present appeal is whether bindi and eye brow pencils manufactured by the respondents could be treated as preparations for the care of the skin and consequently be held to fall under Item No. 14F(i) of the erstwhile Central Excise Tariff Schedule of 1944. The Collector (Appeals), by the impugned order d....

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.... only preparations for the care of the skin but also preparations and substances used for beautification and attraction. Further there was specific mention of eye brow pencils in the tariff entry as it stood after the budget of 1985-86. 3. Item No. 14F(i) reads as follows : "14F. Cosmetics and toilet preparations not containing alcohol or opium, Indian hemp or other narcotic drugs or narcotics, ....

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....etch of imagination be said to be preparations for the care of the skin nor can it be that they belong to the categories brought into the scope of the tariff entry by the inclusion clause. Further, it is not the case of the Collector that eye brow pencils were covered by the tariff entry during the material time. His reliance, however, is on the tariff item as it stood after the 1985-86 budget whe....