M.B.SHAH, K.G.BALAKRISHNAN, D.M.DHARMADHIKARI
Flash Laboratories LTD. – Appellant
Versus
Collector Of Central Excise, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
K.G. Balakrishnan, J.-Both these appeals are filed by Messrs. Flash Laboratories Limited, a company engaged in the manufacture of tooth paste ("Prudent"), falling under chapter Heading 3306.00 of the schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. The appellant has been selling its products to their holding company, Messrs. Parle Products Limited, which is a subsidiary company of Messrs. Parle Biscuits Limited. The appellant was found paying duty at the price at which the goods were being sold to the holding company, namely, Parle Products Limited. A show cause notice was issued to the appellant company alleging that Messrs. Parle Products Limited and Messrs. Parle Biscuits Limited were "related persons" and were purchasing goods at lower prices and selling the same at higher prices and that the appellant had not filed the price list in Part IV for the sale to a related person, rather they filed the price list in Part I. The Revenue took objection that this amounted to mis-statement. The appellant was also asked to show cause as to why Rs. 11,30,570.35p should not be demanded from him as differential duty for the period September, 1986 to May, 1989. The appellant was given
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