Manufacture, Production

Manufacture, Production, the words 'manufacture' and 'production' have received extensive judicial attention both under this Act as well as Central Excise Act and the various Sales Tax Laws. The word 'production' has a wider connotation than the word 'manufacture'. While every manufacture can be characterised as production every production need not amount to manufacture, CIT v. N.C. Budharaja, 1994 Supp (1) SCC 280: AIR 1993 SC 2529 (2533).