2004 (1) TMI 430

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.... the Appellant. Shri R.K. Pardeshi, DR, for the Respondent. [Order per : Gowri Shankar, Member (T)]. -  The common question for consideration in these appeals is the eligibility to the exemption contained in Entries 64 and 65 of the Table to Notification 65/88. The Commissioner has passed his order in pursuance of the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) to whom the Tribunal had reman....

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.... the appellant. 3. Subsequent to the order of the Tribunal, the departmental authorities conducted some enquiries as to the distinction between an Auto Analyser and Semi-Auto Analyser. The Assistant Commissioner has relied upon the reports of Dr. Bipin Shah, a qualified pathologist, Mr. Samar Pal, branch manager of Systronics working in the field analytical instruments and Brig. (Dr. N.P. ....

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....technical evidence. His entire argument is that the word Auto analyser would cover within its scope the semi-auto analyser for which he relies upon the meaning of the word Auto analyser in the Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary to mean "a device that performs chemical analysis automatically" and in the Word Book Dictionary to mean "an electronic or mechanical device that automatically anal....