Mobile Battery Chargers Taxed Separately from Cellphones, Independent Accessory Classification Confirmed Under VAT Regulations

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....HC analyzed VAT taxation of mobile chargers within composite product sales. The court determined that mobile battery chargers are separate accessories, not integral components of cellphones, and should be taxed independently at prescribed rates. The tribunal's previous interpretation was found erroneous, failing to correctly apply VAT Act provisions and Supreme Court precedents. The court rejected the dominant nature test argument, emphasizing that chargers sold with phones constitute a pure goods transaction. Consequently, the HC allowed the petition, mandating separate taxation for mobile battery chargers at the appropriate rate under the HP VAT Act, 2005, specifically referencing entry No. 60 (f) (vii) of schedule-A.....