Supreme Court of India

Britannia Industries Ltd. v. Bombay Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 1 S.C.R. 838
Bench R. Banumathi and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 24 January 2019

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Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulat ion) Act, 1963 – s. 2(1)(a) – “Agricultural Produce” – Products “ edible oil”, “ Vanaspati” and “ sugar ” – Applicability of the Act – Held: Products “ edible oil ”, “ Vanaspati” and “ sugar ” are agricultural produce within the meaning of s.2(1)(a) of the Act. Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.1 The High Court rightly held that sugar is a produce of agriculture coming into being in a proces sed form from sugarcane and the absence of the word “manufacture” in the definition of “ agricultural produce ” under Section 2(1)(a) of the

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