Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1111 · Decided 12 September 2025
Itc Limited v. State of Karnataka & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1111 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 764
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11798/2025
- Decided
- 12 September 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 165, 100(4), 100(5), 100, 93; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Whether the inspection and seizure conducted by Respondent No.2 u/s.15, Legal Metrology Act, 2009 without obtaining a prior warrant, was unlawful and violative of the principles of natural justice, thereby justifying invocation of writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of Act, 2009 - s.15 - Power of inspection, seizure, etc. - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.165 - Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 - Respondent authorities conducted a search and inspection at a commercial warehouse belonging to the
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