VIKRAM DETERGENTS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COLLECTOR OF CENTRAL EXCISE
LAWS(SC)-1999-11-17
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Decided on November 01,1999

Vikram Detergents Private Limited Appellant
VERSUS
COLLECTOR OF CENTRAL EXCISE Respondents

JUDGEMENT

- (1.) Appeal admitted.
(2.) The question which is involved in this case relates to the HDPE bags in which the detergent is packed and sent by the appellant. The Tribunal has held that the price of HDPE bag is includible in the assessable value. According to the appellant herein what should have been seen is whether the bags were durable and returnable. Mr Vellapally, the learned Senior Counsel states that in the subsequent orders in the appellant's own case the plea of the appellant has been accepted and the value of these bags have not been added to the assessable value. He also relies upon another decision of the Tribunal in the case of Guljag Chemicals and Plastics (P) Ltd. v. CCE.
(3.) The Additional -Solicitor General states that the finding of fact recorded by the Collector is that only a very small percentage of bags are returned and this matter is covered by Govt. of India v. Madras Rubber factory Ltd.;


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