Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1470 · Decided 11 December 1996
State of Punjab and ORS. v. M/S Surinder Kumar and CO. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1470 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 963
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 16976/1996
- Decided
- 11 December 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 : Section JI - Res Judicata. Punjab Excise Act, 1914 : Respondent granted licence for sale of Indian made foreign liq­ u01-Licence cancelled for i"egularities in conducting the business-Writ challenging cancellation-Minister for Excise and Taxation impleaded to avail altemative remedy of appeal under Excise Act-On appeal A B c the Appellate Authority upheld that respondents had committed illegalities D but felt it expedient instead of cancelling the licence, to treat the period from cancellation of licence till the filing of the writ petitions
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