Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 169 · Decided 18 September 1973
Chittaranjan Das v. The State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 169 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 656
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 58/1970
- Decided
- 18 September 1973
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Food Ad11ltcratio11 Act (37 of 1954) s. 20(1)-Person authorised to give 1rritten consent for prosecution for offence under the Act-Whether the authority should relate to specific offence or could be general. Section 20(1) of the Food Adulteration Act, 1954, as it stood before its 2mendment by Act except by or with the written consent of the State Govern· ment or &. lucal authority or a person authorised in this behalf by the State Government or a local authority. On the written consent of the Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, who was authorised to give written consent for
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