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2009 Supreme(SC) 1733

S.H.KAPADIA, AFTAB ALAM
Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa – Appellant
Versus
Funskool (India) Ltd. – Respondent


JUDGMENT

S. H. Kapadia, J.—

1. This batch of civil appeals is filed by the Department against the decision of CESTAT dated 23.1.04 in Final Order Nos. 103 to 105 of 2004. These are virtually cross appeals to civil appeals filed by the assessee bearing Civil Appeal Nos.4309-4311 of 2008 - M/s. Pleasantime Products & Anr. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-I, in which we have delivered the judgment today. The question in both sets of civil appeals, however, is common as far as the game “Scrabble/Upwords” is concerned.

2. In this batch of civil appeals filed by the Department we are concerned with classification of 12 items falling within the declaration filed by M/s. Funskool (India) Ltd.

3. We make it clear that the following three items are classifiable under Heading 95.04 of the Central Excise and Tariff Act, 1985 (“CETA”, for short). They are as follows:

(i) Snake and Ladder.

(ii) Monopoly.

(iii) Scrabble/Upwords (in terms of our judgment delivered today in M/s. Pleasantime Products (supra)

4. In our judgment in M/s. Pleasantime Products (supra), we have broadly indicated the tests to distinguish toys, puzzles and games in the context of Chapter 95 of the CETA. The tests app


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