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2012 (1) TMI 17 - SC - Central ExciseCenvat / Modvat Credit - plastic films/poly paper used for testing machines - for forming commercial/technical opinion as to their marketability/ excisability - whether plastic films/poly paper would be eligible for credit - whether use of plastic films/poly paper used for testing machines would be held as used in the manufacture of or use in relation to the manufacture of the final products - held that:- the process of testing the customised FandS machines is inextricably connected with the manufacturing process, in as much as, until this process is carried out in terms of the afore-extracted covenant in the purchase order, the manufacturing process is not complete; the machines are not fit for sale and hence not marketable at the factory gate. - the manufacturing process in the present case gets completed on testing of the said machines and hence, the afore-stated goods viz. the flexible plastic films used for testing the FandS machines are inputs used in relation to the manufacture of the final product and would be eligible for Modvat credit under Rule 57A of the Rules. - Decided in favor of assessee.
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