Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Shaileshbhai Mansukhlal Shah and Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 850
Bench R.V. Ra Veendran and Lokeshwar Singh Pant A JJ.
Decided 30 May 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the old provision is of no assistance C to inteipret the new provision.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954/Rules, 1955-ss. 13 (2)/r. 4(6)-liability to pay fee for analysis of second sample by Central Food c"' Laboratory-Held, is on the accused Interpretation of Statutes: Substitution of Statutory provision-Held: New Provision to b·e read and construed with reference to its wording and not with reference to wording of old provision. The question which has arisen for consideration in the present appeal is that if the accused is not satisfied with the correctness/accuracy of the report of public analyst and seeks analysis of second part of the sample by the

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