- HC : Notification prescribing recovery of Clean-Environment-Cess in lieu of Statutory Procedure intra-vires; Upholds validity
- Tribunal : PepsiCo’s ‘Nimbooz’, ‘Slice’ and ‘Tropicana’ taxable as fruit drinks at 4%/5.5% KVAT, not 14%/14.5%
- SC : ‘Sharbat’ deriving identity from fruit content, is fruit drink; Applies common-parlance, essential-character test
- HC : Test report not invalid merely because samples tested in two labs; Upholds DRI seizure
- SC : Copy of SC-judgment quashing demand on 'Naphtha' predominantly used for fertilizer-production despite partial non-fertilizer use
DGFT releases beta version of online application form (ANF 3A) for Merchandise Exports from India Scheme, alongwith facility to upload supporting documents; Physical submission of documents no longer required, except for Proof of Landing and Shipping Bills in case of exports from Non EDI ports
Trade Notice No. 5/2015 dated June 16, 2015
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