Collector Of Central Excise, Baroda vs United Phosphorus Ltd on 7 April, 2000
The ld. Advocate also submitted that intermediate goods coming into existence during the process of manufacture would not be subject to duty unless they satisfy the test of marketability as held by the Supreme Court in the case of CCE, Baroda v. United Phosphorus Ltd., 2000 (38) RLT 239 (SC); that it has been held by the Tribunal in the case of Lohia Sheet Products v. CCE, Ghaziabad - 1999 (35) RLT 453, that untrimmed cover sheets are not liable to duty as no evidence of their marketability had been produced by the Department. The ld. Counsel, therefore, contended that the products manufactured by the Appellants are not liable to excise duty, being not marketable. Finally, the ld. Advocate referred to the clarification given by the Principal Collector wherein it was clarified that product job rolled under Rule 57F(3), Notification No. 214/86 are not to be charged to excise duty in the hands of Job worker provided proper procedure is adopted as provided in the Central Excise Rules/relevant Notification.