police registered offences under Sections 3 and 7 of the Essential
Commodities Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the " EC Act ') agamst ... Section 10-A of the Essential Commodities Act, all the offences
under the Special Act are bailable in nature. He has relied upon a judgment
amendment) Act, 1967
(ii) Essential Commodities (amendment) Act, 1974
(iii) Repealing and Amending Act , 1978
(iv) Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981
and the judgment ... marketing of and profteering in, essential commodities and
with the evil of vicious infationary prices of such
commodities. This act of 1981 amended Section
Essential Commodities Act, 1955. In the beginning, section 10-A was providing that the offences under the Act to be cognizable and bailable. However ... Act.
5. However, in the year 1981, Act 18 of 1981 was passed to amend certain provisions of the Act. Under the Act
Act
inserted by the Amending Act (No. 36 of 1967)
provided that every offence punishable under
the Act shall be bailable. By the Amending Act ... came the Essential Commodities
(Special Provisions) Act, 1981 (Act No. 18 of
1981) by which the words "and non-bailable"
were added
Licence and under
Section 3 / 7 of the Essential Commodities Act and Section
409 of IPC, later on added Section 201 of IPC, registered ... application ought to be dismissed. However, the offences
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under the Essential Commodities Act are bailable in nature
in view of Section
Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. 30 of 1974), Section 10-A of the principal Act was amended and the word 'bailable ... this State making it very clear that Essential Commodities (Special Provisions of 1981 and Essential Commodities (Ordinance) Act, 1988 became ineffective from
Act
inserted by the Amending Act (No. 36 of 1967) provided that every
offence punishable under the Act shall be bailable. By the Amending
Act ... came the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act,
1981 (Act No. 18 of 1981) by which the words "and non-bailable"
were added
Principal Act by Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 (Act No. 18 1981). The aforesaid Act 12 of 1981 was for a limited period ... expiry of the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998 on 8.7.1998. As a result of expiry of the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act
thereafter viz., Essential
Commodities (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1997 and Essential Commodities
(Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 1998 making offences under the EC Act ,
except those under ... NDPS Act ) was authorized
to act as the Special Court under Section 12 A of the EC Act as substituted by the
Essential Commodities (Special
Act, as it stood prior to the amendment of the said Act by virtue of the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 , would be relevant ... Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1997, was promulgated by the President of India on 3rd October, 1997, whereby the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was amended
