production, supply distribution regulation etc. of essential commodities. The validity of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court ... increase supplies of essential commodities and also to secure their equal distribution, that is to say, to make the essential commodities available to all people
file of the Spl. Judge for cases under Essential Commodities Act , Vizianagaram. The Spl. Judge-cum-District & Sessions Judge by a judgment dt. 25th ... Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licencing and Distribution) Order, 1982 and S. 7 of the Essential Commodities Act read with Clause (3) of Exhibition of price list
said order is an "essential commodity" as defined in s. 2 (a) of the Essential commodities Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act ... Extracted cottonseed oil cake are essential commodities
8. Essential commodity is defined in S.2 (a) of the Act. It reads
proceedings were initiated against him, under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, and the Joint Collector, East Godavari, passed an order dated ... Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Central Act 10 of 1955) relating to any of the Commodities mentioned in the Schedule to this
claiming payment of interest from the respondent State authorities under the Essential Commodities Act . The case of the petitioner is that it has sent ... Station and those goods were seized by the authorities under the Essential Commodities Act at Kachiguda for alleged contravention of the Essential Commodities Act
Special Judge appointed for trial of cases under the Essential Commodities Act referred the above matters to this Court raising the question ... order made by the State Government under the Essential Commodities Act whereby all Two Star and above Two Star Hotels and also those hotels which
sole ground that an order under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act was passed by the Joint Collector on 27-3-1993 confiscating ... issue. It is to be remembered that the proceedings under the Essential Commodities Act are quite distinct and different from the proceedings under
exercise
of the powers under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, is
under challenge in this writ petition.
The petitioners are dealers ... levy penalty is not contemplated under Section 6-A
of the Essential Commodities Act. Such power is available only to the
Criminal Courts. Hence
Commodities Act was amended by an Amending Act being Act 18 of 1981 with from effect 1st September, 1982 and offences under the Act were ... under the Essential Commodities Act in accordance with the provisions of 1955 Act and not in accordance with the Amending Act 18 of 1981. These
abnormal variations. Therefore a case under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act was booked against the petitioner. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kavali ... petitioner and filed case under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act and on his influence the Joint Collector-2nd respondent passed confiscation orders
