2000 (1) TMI 188

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....ni, Advocate, for the Respondents. [Order per : Jyoti Balasundaram, Member (J)]. - The Respondents herein are engaged in the manufacture of various goods falling under Chapter 39 of the Schedule to the CETA, 1985. During 1993-94 they filed a classification list seeking classification of printed film under CET sub-heading 4901.90 attracting nil rate of duty stating that they are getting duty pai....

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....ilm into printed film is a process of manufacture and that the product printed film falls for classification under CET sub-heading 3920.39 attracting duty @ 30% ad valorem w.e.f. 1-3-1994 and 25% w.e.f. 16-3-1995, and confirmed the demands. The lower appellate authority set aside the impugned order holding that the process of printing duty paid plain plastic film does not amount to manufacture. He....

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....rocess results in bringing into existence a different commercial commodity, or the original commodity loses its identity and secondly, it is to be determined whether the original commodity will not serve its intended purpose without being subjected to the process of printing. The Supreme Court held that plain unprinted glass bottles are themselves commercial commodities that can be sold and used a....