Essential Commodities Act: Supreme Court clarifies company liability in Essential Commodities Act violations (2009)

/ Arijit Pasayat, Ashok Kumar Ganguly, Criminal Procedure Code, Criminal Procedure Code with Section 173, Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Essential Commodities Act, 1955 with Section 10, Essential Commodities Act, 1955 with Section 7, Judges, Offences by Companies

Can individuals in charge of a company be prosecuted separately if the company violates the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, even if the company itself isn’t prosecuted? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in an appeal concerning alleged violations of the Act related to misdeclaration of fiber compositions in textiles. Justices Arijit Pasayat and […]

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