Supreme Court of India

State of Bihar and Others v. Nirmal Kumar Gupta

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Reported as [2013] 1 S.C.R. 916
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 8 January 2013

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Bihar Excise (Settlement of Licences for Retail Sale of Country/Spiced Country Liquor) Rules, 2004 - rr. 19, 20 and 24 - Settlement of excise shops in favour of auction­ purchaser - Default in payment of advance security - Despite the default, licence issued - In view of the default, demand for licence fee raised from the date of settlement till the date of issuance of licence - High Court held that default would be deemed to be condoned as the licence was issued despite the default - Held: The purchaser failed to comply with r. 19 - The default cannot be deemed to be condoned in view of the

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