Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 815 · Decided 1 August 1996
B!jaya Kumar Agarwala ETC. v. State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 815 · [1996] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 249
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 770/1996
- Decided
- 1 August 1996
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
B Esselltial Commodities Act, 1955 : Sections 3(2)(d) & 7--0rissa Rice and Paddy Control Orde1; 1965-Clauses 2(b) & 3-Deale1-Licence-Any person who 'stores' lice/paddy exceedi11g specified quantity deemed under Clause 3(2) to be a dealer a11d required under Clause 3(1) to act as such only while in tra11sit falls 1vith the expressions-Held, n1ere transpolting the conunodity in tntcks in excess of the pennitted lbnit would not anzount c to stming within the meaning of Clause 3, but if the vehicle was also used for D sto1ing, the action would violate the Control Order-F1uther
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