Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 64 · Decided 22 March 1976
Sri Vijaylakshmi Rice Mills, New Contractors Company, Etc v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 64 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 775
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 805/1973
- Decided
- 22 March 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 133(1)(a)
Headnote
Rici' (Andhra Pradesh) Price Control (3rd A111e11d111e111) Order 1964, clause 2-Whether refrospecti\·ity of substitution inferred i11 (lbsence of express pral'i­ sion. Under s. 3 of the Essential Commodities Act 1955, the respondent passed the Andhra Pradesh Procurement (Levy) Order of rice (including the appellants) to sell to the respondent certain C specified varieties and quantities of rice at controlled price on requisition being served on him. Clause 2(a) of the Order defined "controlled price" ns the maximum price fixed by the Central Government from
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