120B , I.P.C., and section 7 of the
Essential Commodities Act, was registered against eight
persons including Tapeshwar Singh, P.P. Sharma, and Ganesh ... police
and two police reports, one under section 7 of the Essential
Commodities Act and the other under various sections
Madhya Pradesh Essential
Commodities (Price Exhibition and Price Control) Order, 1977
read with sections 3 and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act
(the Act ... Madhya Pradesh Essential
Commodities (Price Exhibition and Price Control) Order, 1977
read with sections 3 and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act.
The petitioners moved
black-marketing of and
profiteering in essential commodities, the Central Government
enacted the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act,
1981 , which came into force ... Act and Section 6 of the General
Clauses Act 1897 would apply upon such cesser of operation
of the Act. In other words, the Act
impact of another Act on it only when the earlier Act
was made part of later Act or when both Acts were parts ... under an
unconnected Act would be to place the statute in a fluid
state. The impugned Act and the Essential Commodities Act
were enacted
SC1167 (9)
ACT:
Essential Commodities Act (10 of 1955), s. 7--Offence under-
Report under s. 11.-Whether amounts to Police Report
requisite under ... Indian Penal Code and s. 7 of
the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The offences arose out
of the same set of parts and were investigated
Dealer-Presumption under
cl. 3(2)-Whether attracts cl. 3(1)- Essential Commodities
Act, 1955 (Act 10 of 1955), s. 7.
HEADNOTE:
The respondent ... charged
with having committed an offence under- s. 7 of the
Essential Commodities Act . The respondent's main defence
was that the paddy
Act, 1955 . Essential Commoties Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as "Principal Act") provides for regulation of production, supply and pricing of essential commodities ... cases of essential commodities ceased to function. Consequently, the position is that cases registered under the Essential Commodities Act are now to be tried before
powers conferred
by s. 3 read with s. 5 of the Essential Commodities Act (Act
10 of 1955) provides that ,'every dealer shall ... which
is punishable under s. 7(1) of the Essential Commodities
Act, 1955. The additional obligation which the dealer has
to discharge
against the applicant for offence
punishable under Section 3 / 7 of Essential Commodities Act,
1955.
It is contended by the counsel for the applicant that ... Essential Commodities Act, 1955 would be essential.
Section 10-A of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 reads as
under :
10-A. Offences to be cognizable
District Ashok Nagar for offence punishable under
Section 3 / 7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
It is contended by the counsel for the applicant that ... Essential Commodities Act, 1955 would be essential.
Section 10-A of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 reads as
under :
10-A. Offences to be cognizable