Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 40 · Decided 26 February 1974
Ram Labhaya v. Municipal Cororation of Delhi and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 40 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 470
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 192/1970
- Decided
- 26 February 1974
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, R.S. SARKARIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Prtven1ion of Food Adulteratioh Act, 1954-S. 10(7) whether mandatory or directory-Scope of. The appellant was charged with an offence 1;1ndCr s .. 16(7) of the ~reventio!1 of Food Adulteration .Aot~ 1954 for adulterating foreign starches with llaldt. He was acquitted by the Magistrate on the of independent witnesses. leading to non-compliance with the mandatory .Pr~visions of s. 10(7) of the A~~· The High Court set aside the order of acquittal and held that the prov1s1ons of s. _10(7) of the Act were directory _and not mandatorY. Section 10(7) of the Act provides that where
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