1997 (8) TMI 460

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..... up in revision against the order of the Tribunal which has held that the contract entered into by the assessee for the supply of titanium anodes is a works contract. We have gone through the order of the Tribunal as also the terms of the contract between the parties. The Tribunal has completely misread the contract and has reached a conclusion which is not supportable by what has been set out in t .....

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..... ble by the buyer. Rs. 400 per day per engineer as also the travelling and lodging costs of the engineer were to be paid by the buyer. The supplier was not required to carry out the installation, but, merely to supervise the same. For maintaining anodes, a recoating maintenance charge of Rs. 800 per sale per month was payable for a period of ten years from the date of production is achieved from ea .....

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..... aw relating to works contract without first making sure that this is a contract which can come within the category of works contract. The Tribunal has completely overlooked the clauses providing for the maintenance charge irrespective of the period for which the TSIA were to be maintained as also to the charges payable for the supervising engineer. It is clear from a reading of this contract that .....

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