Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 191 · Decided 27 April 1961
Jawala Ram v. State of Pepsu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 191 · [1962] 2 S.C.R. 503
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 43/1958
- Decided
- 27 April 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227, 20(1)
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 503 JAWALA RAM v. STATE OF PEPSU (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A. K. SARKAR, K. N. WANCHOo,K. C. DAS GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) Canal Ch•rges-Use cf. water, if "offence"-Levy of special charges, if amounts to "penalty"-Northern India Canal and but acquitted of a charge of having damaged a canal. Thereafter the canal officers levied special canal charges on the appellants on the basis of the con­ clusion that the villagers were responsible for a cut in the canal. The High Court dismissed the appellants' petition under Arts.
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