Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 4 · Decided 5 January 1967
R. S. Seth Gopikrishan Agarwal v. R. N. Sen, Assistant Collector of Customs & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 4 · [1967] 2 S.C.R. 340
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 998/1965
- Decided
- 5 January 1967
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI, V. RAMASWAMI, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 165(1); Constitution Article 14, 226; Customs Act Section 105, 111
Headnote
Defence of India (Amendmem) Rules 1963 (Gold Control Rules) r. 126(L)(2) and the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), ss. 2(34), 105 and I 10-0rder of Assistant Collector authorising search of premises, requirements of-Procedure of search, s. 165(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure how by Collector whether 'proper o[Jicer'-Va/idtty of s. 105. Constitution of India, Art. 14--Section 105 of Sea Customs Act, 1962 ·~..,hether gives unguided and arbitrary power-Whetlrer ultra vires. The Assistant Collector of Central Excise issued an authorization under s. 126(L) (2) of
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