Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and Ors. v. M/s Surinder Kumar and Co. and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 963
Decided 11 December 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the view taken by the Division Bench is clearly unsustainable.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 : Section JI - Res Judicata. Punjab Excise Act, 1914 : Respondent granted licence for sale of Indian made foreign liq­ u01-Licence cancelled for i"egularities in conducting the business-Writ challenging cancellation-Minister for Excise and Taxation impleaded alleg­ ing ma/a fides against him-High Court without going into merits directed the respondent to avail altemative remedy of appeal under Excise Act-On appeal c the Appellate Authority upheld that respondents had committed illegalities but felt it expedient instead of cancelling the licence, to treat the

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