Labeling and relabeling watches not considered manufacturing under Excise Act; tribunal supports exemption for ABE scheme goods.

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....Process amounting to manufacture or not - activity of “labelling or relabeling, declaration by affixing fresh Maximum Retail Price (MRP) stickers” on each unit pack, by altering the retail price stickers already affixed on the watches - The tribunal concluded that relabeling and affixing new MRP stickers do not amount to manufacture. It relied on precedents stating that such activities, not enhancing the goods' marketability, do not meet the manufacture criteria under the Excise Act. - The tribunal supported the appellants' view that Section 2(f)(iii) does not apply to goods manufactured under ABE, as applying the concept of deemed manufacture to such goods would counteract the exemption's intent.....