Supreme Court of India

Jawala Ram v. State of Pepsu

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Reported as [1962] 2 S.C.R. 503
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 27 April 1961

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Canal Ch•rges-Use cf. water, if "offence"-Levy of special charges, if amounts to "penalty"-Northern India Canal and Drain­ age Act, r873 (VII of r873). s. JI-Pepsu Sirhind Canal and Wes­ tern J amuna Canal Rules (Enforcement and Validation) Act (No. IV of r954), ss. 3, 4-Sirhind Canal Rules, rr. 32, 33. Certain persons were prosecuted but acquitted of a charge of having damaged a canal. Thereafter the canal officers levied special canal charges on the appellants on the basis of the con­ clusion that the villagers were responsible for a cut in the canal. The High Court dismissed the

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