Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 291 · Decided 17 December 1964
John Douglas Keith Brown v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 291 · [1965] 2 S.C.R. 639
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 66/1962
- Decided
- 17 December 1964
- Bench
- RAGHUBAR DAYAL, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Fuctories Act (63 of 1948), ss. 52 and 92-Scope of-Violation by manager-If "occupier" liable. The appellant was an "occupi.:r", as defined in s. 20(n) of the Fac­ tories Act, of certain mills. The manager of the mills contravened the provi<ions of s. 52 of the Act under Inspector of Factories in respect of each and every worker who is required to work on such a day should be obtained. Though the manager apprised the appellant of what he was proposing to do, the appellant took no 1teps to restrain him from putting into operation a new schedule of work which was
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