Captive Consumption

Captive consumption, the phrase 'captive con-sumption', would mean that any thing which is manufactured or produced, would not go out of the hands of the manufacturers but they consume it for their own purpose. Certainly, in case such a venture, as established for manufacture of goods or a thing for its own consumption, sells it to outsiders for use and consumption by them, it may require to have a licence for such an activity, A.P. Gas Power Corp. Ltd. v. A.P. State Regulatory Commission, (2004) 10 SCC 511: AIR 2004 SC 3090. [Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(8)]