Supreme Court · 1963 INSC 235 · Decided 29 November 1963
Manipur Administration v. M. Nila Chandra Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1963 INSC 235 · [1964] 5 S.C.R. 574
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 143/1962
- Decided
- 29 November 1963
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
29 574 SUPREME COlJRT REPORTS [1964] MANIPUR ADMINISTRATION ]I. M. NILA CHANDRA SINGH (P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR AND K.C. DAS GUPTA JJ.) Manipur Foodgrains Dealers Licensing Order, 1958 els. 2(a), 3(1) & 3(2)-Storage of foodgrains-Dealer-Presumption under cl. 3(2)-Whether attracts cl. Dealers Licensing Order. He was charged with having committed an offence under s. 7 of the Essential Commo­ dities Act. The respondent's main defence was that the paddy was meant for the consumption of the members of his family, which was disbelieved by the Trial Magistrate. The Trial
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