Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 62 · Decided 7 March 1969
V. P. Gopala Rao v. Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 62 · [1969] 3 S.C.R. 875
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 271/1968
- Decided
- 7 March 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
87 5· F"ctories Act (63 of 1948), ss. 2(k) (i), 2(1)-'Manufacturing pro­ ces~· and "workers'-Meaning of. The appellant who was the manager-cum-occupier. of a company's establishment at Elum was prosecuted for operating a factory without obtaining a licence as required company had its main fact<>ry at Bombay. In the company's Eluru premises, sun-cu'red tobacco leave~ purc:hased from local producers were subjected to the processes of mois­ tening, stripping and packing. The tobacco leaves were moistened so that they could be handled without breakage.
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