Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 114 · Decided 6 February 2009
Collector of Ganjam and ANR. v. Ramesh Chander Padhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 114 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 957
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 755/2009
- Decided
- 6 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Essential Commodities Act, 1955: c s.6-A(1), Second proviso - Confiscation of essential commodity - Offending vehicle seized - Release of vehicle - Fine - Held: Measure of fine in lieu of confiscation would be relatable to market price of vehicle and not of seized essential commodity - Matter for D decision afresh. In a case of contravention of clause 8 of Orissa Kerosene Control Order, 1962 read with Kerosene Control (Registration on Use and Fixation of Ceiling Price) Order, E 1993, 42 liters of Kerosene and the vehicle (a bus) were seized. The Collector directed confiscation of
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