MANOJ versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration In the absence of any subsisting statutory control or saving provision operative on the date of the alleged incident, whether the prosecution of the appellants under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 is legally tenable. Headnotes† Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Order 1989 – Cement Control Order, 1967 – Maharashtra Cement (Licensing and Control) Order, 1973 – The prosecution case is that the Public Works Department of the State Government had awarded the work of construction of a Khar passage in cement concrete – As per the