package.
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The strapped tyres, tubes and flaps are not "packages" and
do not fall within the definition of "pre-packaged commodity ... must be regarded as pre-
packaged commodities. This argument conflates pre-
determined quantity with packaging. The statute requires
both. A commodity of predetermined quantity sold
Assessee as a set or independently, was
a 'pre-packaged commodity' within the meaning of Legal
Metrology Act, 2009 (LM Act, for short ... since the question as to
whether the commodity is a packaged or pre-packaged
commodity on which MRP has to be affixed
goods sought to be imported must be pre-
packaged goods.
The term "pre-packaged commodity" is defined
under the LMA, 2009. Section ... availability of MRP
labels on the pre-packaged goods.
m) Rule 3 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged
Commodities) Rules, 2011 prescribes exclusion
clauses, to exclude
different maximum retail prices on an identical pre-packaged
commodity by adopting restrictive trade practices or unfair
trade practices as defined under clause ... pack, sell, import, deliver,
offer, expose or possess for sale any pre-packaged commodity
unless such package is in such standard quantities or number
come into force from 1.1.2018. It aims to regulate pricing of pre-packaged commodities alongwith certain leveling requirement and also prohibits dual MRP. While ... importer shall declare different maximum retail prices on an identical pre-packaged commodity by adopting restrictive trade practices or unfair trade practices as defined under
come into force from 1.1.2018. It aims to regulate pricing of pre-packaged commodities alongwith certain leveling requirement and also prohibits dual MRP. While ... importer shall declare different maximum retail prices on an identical pre-packaged commodity by adopting restrictive trade practices or unfair trade practices as defined under
have been notified for ensuring rights of consumers in relation to pre-packaged commodities. Central to the statutory instrument is the physical impossibility of ascertaining ... mind. Nor is it possible to verify the measure of such pre-packaged commodities. The Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and the rules
Weights and
Measurements (packaged commodities) Rules, 1976
stipulates that all pre-packaged commodities imported
into India shall carry the declaration of Retail sale price.
Pre ... opening the package. In this context, the
term 'package' is to be construed as package containing
such pre-package commodity. Therefore, only when
provisions of EXIM policy in case of import of pre-packaged commodities, the MRP at which the imported goods were to be sold was required ... Policy, all pre-packaged commodities imported in India shall, in particular, carry maximum retail sale price at which the commodity in packaged form
statutory requirement for declaring the MRP on the packages by the manufacturer and such commodities are notified by the Government under Section ... Rule 2A states that provisions of the chapter shall apply to pre-packaged commodities except in respect of grains and pulses containing a quantity more
