1994 (9) TMI 101

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.... lumps or chips of marble, mixing pigments and binding agents like polyester, resin and white cement with crushed marble, pouring the mixture into moulds and applying pressure thereto. It is not in dispute that the process is a process of manufacture. What is contended by the respondents is that the properties and characteristics of agglomerated marble remain the same as those of excavated marble.....

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....horities constituted under the relevant statute. The High Court should not have interfered, in a writ petition, at the stage of the show cause notice to take over that fact finding investigation. 4. At the stage when special leave was granted by this Court the excise authorities were permitted to proceed with the assessment but not to enforce the assessment order without permission. We are told....