1997 (11) TMI 230

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....ri C.R. Sridhar, Advocate, for the Respondent. [Order per : V.P. Gulati, Vice President]. - These 4 appeals involve a common issue and are, therefore, taken up together for disposal. The issue in these appeals relates to the importation of interfaces for the DOT Matrix Printers. The learned original authority has held that the interfaces were not covered by the licence, inasmuch as the licen....

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....es were packed separately. He has pleaded, the DOT Matrix Printers are to be used in a particular configuration and for that purpose the interface was required. He has pleaded, the DOT Matrix Printers technically, therefore, could not have been linked to the CPU without the interfaces for use in a particular configuration. He has pleaded, the interfaces is to be fitted in the socket provided in th....

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.... word `optional' has been written and that would clearly go to show that it is not a part of the DOT Matrix Printers. His plea is DOT Matrix Printers is complete without the interfaces and can also function so. He has pleaded that if for a particular configuration some additional items are required, that would not make them a part of the DOT Matrix Printers. The fact that the items has to be slott....

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....tional equipment, that would mean that the item as such need not be supplied with the DOT Matrix Printers as standard item of equipment and it is left to the resources of the buyer to arrange for the same. May be, the interfaces facilitates the functioning of the equipment in a particular mode, but that would not make the item which facilitates as a part of the equipment. Going by this, we are of ....