Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 154 · Decided 25 July 1969
A. K. Jain & Ors v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 154 · [1970] 1 S.C.R. 673
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 189/1966
- Decided
- 25 July 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1), 226
Headnote
Essential Conunodities Act, 1955, s. 3-Sugarcane (Control) Order 1955 Rule 3(3)-0ffence if purchaser does not pay price of sugarcane p"rcliased, within 14 days-Validity of rule-Whether s. 3 of Act deals H'ith food crops or only with foodstuffs-Competence of Parliament to pass s. 3-Eff.ect of Art. 19(1) of Constitution whether affected fry in1p11gned rule-Offence whether cognizable within meaning of s. 4( 1) (f J Code of Criminal Pro~edure. The appellants were the cffice bearers of a sugar concern. A com­ plaint \Vith the police was registered against them under sub-rule 3 of
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