{"id":162845,"date":"2002-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/collector-of-central-excise-vs-ellenbarrie-industrial-gases-on-21-november-2002"},"modified":"2018-03-23T05:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T00:11:26","slug":"collector-of-central-excise-vs-ellenbarrie-industrial-gases-on-21-november-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/collector-of-central-excise-vs-ellenbarrie-industrial-gases-on-21-november-2002","title":{"rendered":"Collector Of Central Excise vs Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases &#8230; on 21 November, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Collector Of Central Excise vs Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases &#8230; on 21 November, 2002<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2003 (151) ELT 258 SC<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M Shah, D Dharmadhikari<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>1. Heard the learned Senior Counsel for the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  2. The Tribunal arrived at the conclusion that Carbide (Lime) Sludge arising in the manufacture of acetylene gas is not an excisable item as the Department has failed to establish that it is a marketable commodity. In this view of the matter, this appeal is dismissed.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Collector Of Central Excise vs Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases &#8230; on 21 November, 2002 Equivalent citations: 2003 (151) ELT 258 SC Bench: M Shah, D Dharmadhikari ORDER 1. Heard the learned Senior Counsel for the appellant. 2. 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