Ujagar Prints Etc vs Union Of India & Ors. Etc on 4 November, 1988
Similarly, in
the case of Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India and others
v. Food Specialities Ltd., (supra), it was held that the
value of Nestle's trade marks could not be to the wholesale
price charged by the dealer to Nestle's for the purpose of
computing the value of the goods manufactured. The goods in
both these cases were manufactured independently of the
addition of the trade-marks. The price thereof at the
factory gate was not after taking into account the value of
the trade-marks. If that was the position the value of the
trade-marks cannot be added to the wholesale cash price
charged by the dealer. Affixation of trade-marks for
enhancement of the value thereof is extraneous to and
independent of the process of manufacture. The charges for
the same are not part of the assessable value and cannot
enter into computation of the whole-sail cash price on the
basis of which excise duties ale to be levied.
In the aforesaid view of the law and tor the reasons
mentioned by my learned brother, l agree with his answer to
this contention. The assessable value would. therefore.
include the value of the grey cloth in the hands of the
processors plus the value of the job-work done plus
manufacturing expenses whatever would be included in the
price at the factory gate. The correct assessable value
must be the value of the fabric at the factory gate, that is
to say, the value at which manufactured goods leave the
factory and enter the main stream.