Ms Pepsico India Holdings Private Ltd vs Assistant Commissioner on 6 October, 2023
In view of the foregoing analysis, considering that the
Revenue and all the authorities below have misinterpreted the Co-
ordinate Bench judgment of Pepsico India Holding (S.B. STR
No. 194/2009; decided on 22.12.2016) (supra); that
Revenue has failed to discharge its onus to establish that the
goods in question would fall in general/residual/orphan entry and
not the specific entry; that no cogent reason has been assigned to
hold the goods in questions as 'snacks'; that the goods in question
have been classified as namkeen as per the FSSAI license; that
the goods in question have been held to be namkeen by Apex
Court in Frito Lays India (supra) and Pepsi Foods Ltd.
(supra), this Court is inclined to answer the questions of law
framed herein-above in favour of the petitioner-assessee and
against the respondent-revenue.