Sidhosons & Anr. Etc. Etc vs Union Of India & Ors. Etc. Etc on 28 October, 1986
In Sidhosons and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. - 1987 (1) SCC 25, it was held that the excise duty was payable on the market value fetched by the goods, in the wholesale market at the factory gate manufactured by the manufacturers, i.e., the price charged by the manufacturers to the buyer under the agreement. It could not be assessed on the basis of the market value obtained by the buyers who also add to the value of the manufactured goods the value of their own property in the goodwill of the 'brand name'.