The State Of Tamil Nadu vs Eastern Acquatic Traders on 21 September, 1983
7. The test that is required to be applied in the present case is to see whether the processing of frog legs has brought into existence a commercially different and distinct commodity. Even if the from legs have undergone some process, can they be regarded as commercially new and distinct commodity ? Here the decision of the Supreme Court in Chowgule & Co. P. Ltd. v. Union of India does not support the stand taken by the Revenue. On the other hand it supports the view taken by the Tribunal that the frog legs, even after the process, have not been converted into a commercially different commodity.