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Observing that penal provisions in the Competition Act is only to ‘teach a lesson’ and not to ‘finish off’ industries, the Supreme Court, in Excel Crop Care Limited vs CCI, has held that penalty imposed under Section 27 of the Competition Act for anti-trust violations should be based on the relevant turnover. A bench comprising of Justice AK Sikri and Justice NV Ramana was considering an appeal against the Competition Appellate Tribunal order which had found three Aluminium Phosphide Tablet manufacturers guilty of rigging tenders issued by Food Corporation of India (FCI) and imposed a penalty to Rs 318 crore. The court dismissed the appeals, upholding the penalty imposed. “If we adopt the criteria of total turnover of a company by including within its sweep the other products manufactured by the company, which were in no way connected with anti-competitive activity, it would bring about shocking results not comprehended in a country governed by Rule of Law,” the bench observed....

CIT vs. Punjab Stainless Steel Industries (Supreme Court) Meaning of the word “turnover” in s. 80HHC explained. Sale proceeds of scrap is not “turnover” for s. 80HHC. Revenue should encourage assessees to bring in foreign exchange (i) The word “turnover” means only the amount of sale proceeds received in respect of the goods in which an assessee is dealing in. So far as the scrap is concerned, the sale proceeds from the scrap may either be shown separately in the Profit and Loss Account or may be deducted from the amount spent by the manufacturing unit on the raw material. When such scrap is sold the sale proceeds of the scrap cannot be included in the term ‘turnover’ for the reason that the unit is engaged primarily in the manufacturing and selling of steel utensils and not scrap of steel. Therefore, the proceeds of such scrap would not be included in ‘sales’ in the Profit and Loss Account of the assessee (The situation would be different in the case of a person who is primarily ...