Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 66 · Decided 17 November 1955
Corporation of Calcutta v. Mulchand AGARWALLA.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 66 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 995
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 60/1954
- Decided
- 17 November 1955
- Bench
- T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, SYED JAFFER IMAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 403
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS CORPORATION OF CALCUTT A fl. MULCHAND AGARWALLA. [VENKATARAMA AYYAR and JAFER IMAM JJ.] 995 Calcutta Mtmicipal Act, 1923, (Bengal Act III of 1923), ss. 363, 488 and Rule 62 of Schedule XVII-Prior proceedings taken by Cor­ poration of Ca;cutta unda s. 488 read with Rule 62 the /lct-Proceedmgr on the same facts competent to be taken under two different sections providing different penalties-Whether distinct· proceeaings-Word "may" in s. 363 of the Act, whether means "shall" -Discretion vested in the Magistrate under s. 363-0rder passed by
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