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The Court agreeing with the observations of the Tribunal stated that, Vaseline has been marketed as a solution for cracked heels and the essential function of the product is treatment of heels and further protection from cracks in heels. The resultant smoothening of skin after the use of Vaseline is secondary in nature. The Court further observed that the Department adopted an erroneous approach in ignoring the basic features of the product and also did not discharge its burden of proof to provide evidences proving the product to be a skin care preparation. <i>Commissioner of Central Excise <\/i>v. <i>Hindustan Lever Ltd.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/2015_SCC_OnLine_SC_753 \">2015 SCC OnLine SC 753<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0decided on 25-08-2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: While deciding that whether Vaseline Intensive Care Heel Guard is to be treated as a skin care preparation or as 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