- 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
CBEC strengthens action plan to monitor cases where export obligation (EO) period and time prescribed for furnishing EO fulfilment evidence are over, but not furnished; Zonal Chief Commissioners (Inspection) to send monthly reports upto current period, for Advance & Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Authorizations to DGI within 7 days of close of the month , who shall thereafter send compiled reports to Ministry within 15 days of end of the month; First report for February 2014 due on March 7, 2014
Customs Instruction dated February 25, 2014
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