Supreme Court of India

Delhi Administration (now N.C.T. of Delhi) v. Manohar Lal

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1

Bench Doraiswamy Raju J.

Decided 29 August 2002

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From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 433 (d)-Commutation of se/1/ence-Power of-Trial court convicted and sentenced offender under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954-First Appellate Court confirmed the same-High Court commuted the se/1/ence and issued mandatory directions to Government--Correctness of-Held, High Court cannot assume powers when statute specifical~v ell/rusts it to the appropriate Govemment-Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. 1954. Precedent--Not to be applied mechanically-Courts to find out the ratio, ascertain the law and then apply it appropriately to the cases

Where later benches applied it

2014 State of Rajasthan v. Mohammad Muslim Tagala relied on
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2015 Sunil Kumar Verma and Others v. State of U.P. and Others referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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