- 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 directs review of SIONs A-1170 (Soda Ash), A-3627 (Glass products), K-134 (Glass Mosios) and A-1443 (Oxalic Acid); Manufacturers and concerned Export Promotion Councils / Associations to submit production and consumption data by August 27, 2014; Failure to comply would result in stoppage of Advance Authorisation / DFIA benefits
FTP Trade Notice No. 11/2014 dated August 7, 2014
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