Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 582 · Decided 7 December 1994
Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana v. The Commissioner of Patiala Division, Patiala and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 582 · [1994] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 355
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8910/1994
- Decided
- 7 December 1994
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 : Section 116-Levy of fine for bringing or abetting the bringing of goods into octroi limits without payment of duty-Whether could be imposed only by a Criminal Court­ Held: Yes. Section 116 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 provided for the for abetting the bringing in of goods into octroi limits without payment of duty. c The imposition of fine by the Municipal Corporation was D challenged before the High Court and it held that the fine contemplated by S. 116 could be imposed only by a Criminal Court and not by an officer of the
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