M/S.JOHNSON & JOHNSON LTD vs COLLECTOR OF CENT EXCISE, MUMBAI — C.A. No. 393/1997

Summary: The Supreme Court allowed Johnson & Johnson Ltd.'s appeal against the Collector of Central Excise, Mumbai on August 5, 2003. The Court held that printed plastic labels, printed cloth labels, printed aluminium labels, and film printed labels are eligible for exemption as products of the print industry, following its earlier decisions in Metagraphs Pvt. Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson Ltd. (Bombay-II). The application for amendment of cause-title was also allowed, and printed paper labels were found to have no dispute before the Tribunal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.