- 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 notifies conditions for free export of 'sesame seeds' to EU countries; Indian Oilseeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC) must issue export certification within 2 working days of receiving request from exporter subject to ‘Certificate of Analysis’ by a NABL accredited laboratory
Notification No. 37/2015-2020 dated February 3, 2016
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