Supreme Court of India
V.K. Ashokan v. Asstt. Excise Commnr. & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that it was not a case where even Rule 6(28) could have also been resorted to.
Judgment, page 43
From the headnote
j Kera/a Abkari Shops (Disposal in Auction) Rules, 1974: JI( r. 6(30)- Mixing of 'diazepam' in toddy- Held: Constitutes an offence - Licence liable to cancellation under r. 6(30) - c Kera/a Abkari Act - ss.57(a), 56. rr.6(28), 6(30) - Cancellation of licence under Rule 6(30) - Forfeiture of deposit in terms of Rule 6(28) would not automatically follow. ,--t Kera/a Revenue Recovery Act: s. 7 - Demand for loss incurred by Government in holding re-auction on cancellation of licence - Loss purportedly sustained by the State as if the privilege of sale in toddy was transferred for three years -
Authorities it was built on
- 1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors.
- 1951 Commissioner of Police, Bombay v. Gordhandas Bhanji
- 2003 State of Punjab and Anr. v. Mis. Devans Modern Breweries and Anr. Etc.
- 1987 K.I. Shephard & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1963 Fateh Chand v. Balklshan Das
- 2006 Saurabh Prakash v. Dlf Universal Ltd.
- 1968 Bulchand Chandiram of Bombay v. Bank of India Ltd., Fort, Bombay
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Gene Campaign & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2016 Union of India & Ors. v. M/s. Cipla Ltd. & Anr.
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