- 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 updates Para 4 (A) of General Notes regarding Import Policy of ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule - I (Import Policy) consequent to modification in Section 3 (2) of Food Safety & Standards (Import) Regulations, 2017; Accordingly, imports of all edible / food products shall be subject to condition that their shelf life is not less than 60% of its original shelf life or 3 months before expiry, whichever is less, at the time of import
Notification No. 49/2015-20 dated February 5, 2018
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