Measure of Excise Duty Levy Won’t be Controlled by Its Nature

Commissioner of Central Excise Vs M/s Grasim Industries Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) It was held that measure of the levy contemplated in Section 4 of the Act will not be controlled by the nature of the levy. So long a reasonable nexus is discernible between the measure and the nature of the levy both Section 3 and 4 would operate in their respective fields as indicated above. The view expressed in Bombay Tyre International Ltd.(supra) is the correct exposition of the law in this regard. Further, we hold that “transaction value” as defined in Section 4(3)(d) brought into force by the Amen...