Khanna Coke Industries And Anr. vs The Assistant Commissioner ... on 18 May, 1978
This product is always treated as fuel corresponding to coke. In common parlance coal briquettes are always known as fuel. In this view of the matter, there can hardly be any escape from the conclusion that the coal briquettes being a preparation from coal-dust are covered by the definition as given in item (ia) of Section 14 of the Central Act. This view of ours finds full support from the Judgment in Khanna Coke Industries case 1978 Tax LR 2129 (All.), wherein on consideration of exactly a similar point, it has been observed thus :