Raghbir Singh vs State Of Pb. & Ors on 11 January, 2023
It would be worth noticing here that the
Regulation 19 of the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 also
came to be tested in this Court in a case titled as Tarsem
Singh vs. Union of India, 1996(2) 283 wherein, the said
peace of legislation was held to be violative of Articles 19
and 21 of the Constitution of India while striking it down
with the observation that it has snatched a valuable right of a
person who deals in a trade of fertilizer and sells the sealed
and stitched bags as supplied to him by the manufacturer
holding even such dealer liable for punishment who has
properly stored the essential commodities such as 'fertilizer'.
It would be apetite to produce para 12 and 13 of the afore-
said judgment, which reads as under:-