Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Central Excise, Nagpur v. Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Ltd.

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Bench D.K. Jain and R.M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 13 April 2009

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Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985: Classification - Dant Manjan Lal - Held: Is tooth powder c and specifically covered by Chapter SH 3306 and not under Chapter SH 3003.31 as medicament- It is used routinely for dental hygiene - By virtue of note 1(d) of Chapter 30, even if the product has some therapeutic _or medicinal prop~rties, it stands excluded from Chapter 30 - Common parlance test 0 continues to be determinative test for classification of product either medicament or cosmetic - Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 - s.3(a) - Interpretative Rules - Rule 3(a).

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