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Consumption and use, the precise meaning to be given to the words 'consumption' and 'use' will depend upon the context in which they are used. These words are of wide import. The word 'consumption' in its primary sense means the act of consuming and in ordinary parlance means the use of an article in a way which destroys, wastes or uses up that article, But in some legal contexts, the word 'consumption' has a wider meaning. It is not necessary that by the act of consumption the commodity must be destroyed or used up. When uncrushed salt is crushed in the factory it is commercially a different article and the uncrushed salt must be held to have been consumed. The word 'use' is or wider import than 'consumption'. It cannot be denied that the uncrushed salt has been used and by the user a new product, crushed salt has come into existence, Kathiawar Industries Ltd. v. Jaffrabad Municipality, (1979) 4 SCC 56: AIR 1979 SC 1721 (1723, 1724).