2003 (7) TMI 369

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.... with R. Ravindra Jain, Consultant, for the Respondent. [Order per : C. Satapathy, Member (T)]. -  This is an appeal filed by Revenue against the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) holding the impugned goods to be printed books for the purpose of Sr. No. 457 in the DEPB Schedule. 2. Shri A. Shukla, learned S.D.R, appearing for Revenue states that the impugned goods merely consi....

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....ch explains that the term "printed" also means reproduced by means of a duplicating machine, produced under the control of an automatic data processing machine, embossed, photographed, photocopied, thermocopied or typewritten. As such, he states that the impugned goods have to be treated as printed. As regards inclusion of related text, he states that there is an introduction page which explains t....

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....Delhi v. Parasrampuria Synthetics Ltd. - 2001 (133) E.L.T. 9 (S.C.) and submits that the criteria for a product to be called a book as given therein is met by the impugned goods. He further states that the impugned goods are suitable for binding and therefore the fact that they are not bound but are kept in a box cannot be a material fact as the Chapter Note 4(a) under Chapter 49 of the HSN includ....

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....e is some explanatory text at the beginning of the book along with an index with categorisation of the pages which can be considered to be adequate relative text considering the very nature of the product which consists of various designs. In the instant case, the pages do not appear to be in much need of elaborate text as the designs are self evident in respect of motifs and colour combinations c....