- 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 inter alia clarifies that import of raw sugar under TRQ is not allowed through SEZ units in the country; Further, import of raw sugar does not exempt any regulatory requirements including clearance from FSSAI; Country of origin not significant under TRQ and benefits thereunder available upto June 30, 2017
Trade Notice No. 5/2017 dated April 27, 2017
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