Anand Decors and Others (the Appellants) were manufacturing certain commodities and were registered dealers under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (DVAT Act).The Appellants purchased motor vehicles/cars,paid Sales tax/ VAT but did not avail input tax credit thereon under DVAT Act.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8B of the Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 12, 14 and 17 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central Government after considering the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes on Sodium Citrate falling under tariff item 2918 15 20 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty at the following rate, namely:-
