Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 309 · Decided 21 November 1968
Purtabpore CO. LTD. v. Cane Commissioner of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 309 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 807
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1464/1968
- Decided
- 21 November 1968
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, K.S. HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Sugar Cane (Control) Order, 1955-Central Government's power under cl. 6 of Order 10 regulate supply of sugarcane to factories-Power under cl. 6 delegated under cl. 11 to State Governments and Cane Com­ missioners-Cane Commissioner passing Order under cl. 6( 1) on direc .. tion given by Chief nwdifying a reservation in favour of a factory is quasi judicial-Require­ ment of natural justice must be satisfied. The Sugar Cane (Control) Order, 1955 was promulgated by the Cen­ tral Government in the exercise of its powers under the Essential Supplies Act. Under cl. 6 of the Order
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