Supreme Court quashes FIR due to lack of expert report in fuel adulteration case: Suresh & Ors. vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2023) INSC 1021 (24 November 2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an FIR can be sustained without an expert report confirming the nature of the seized substance in cases of alleged fuel adulteration. CASE TYPE: […]
Date of the Judgment: 4 October 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 804 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., S. Abdul Nazeer, J. Can first-time offenders convicted under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 be granted probation instead of imprisonment? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question, focusing on whether the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act,
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
