P.K.Ramasamy The Sub-Inspector of Police vs Subramaniam — 229/2019

Case under Handlooms [ Reservation of Articles for Production ] Act, 1985 Section 5,10. Disposed: Contested--Acquitted on 09th June 2026.

Case disposed

STC - Small Cause Calendar case / Summary Trial Case

CNR: TNCB180003222019

Filing Number

295/2019

Filing Date

02-Apr-2019

Registration No

229/2019

Registration Date

11-Apr-2019

Court

Judicial Magistrate Court, Sulur

Judge

31-Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

Decision Date

09-Jun-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Acquitted

Last updated 14-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Handlooms [ Reservation of Articles for Production ] Act, 1985 Section 5,10

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.P.K.Ramasamy The Sub-Inspector of Police

    Adv. app

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Subramaniam

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 09-Jun-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Summary: Case 229/2019 - P.K. Ramasamy v. Subramaniam The Judicial Magistrate acquitted Subramaniam of charges under Sections 5 and 10 of the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985, finding that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. The court held that while enforcement officials testified to observing the manufacture of reserved cotton sarees on powerlooms, the absence of a mandatory laboratory report examining the seized fabric samples was fatal to the prosecution's case, as modern powerlooms can visually replicate handloom characteristics requiring scientific verification. Additionally, the only independent witness (PW-4) turned hostile, and the enforcement officer admitted withholding an analyst report she had obtained, triggering an adverse inference under Section 114(g) of the Indian Evidence Act. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 09-Jun-2026

    Disposed

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  4. 08-Jun-2026

    Judgement

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  5. 05-Jun-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  6. 04-Jun-2026

    Copy of DepositionView PDF

  7. 04-Jun-2026

    Questioning

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  8. 01-Jun-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  9. 20-May-2026

    Copy of DepositionView PDF

  10. 20-May-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  11. 11-May-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  12. 06-Apr-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  13. 16-Mar-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  14. 12-Mar-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  15. 18-Feb-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  16. 04-Feb-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  17. 05-Jan-2026

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  18. 11-Dec-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  19. 27-Nov-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  20. 22-Oct-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  21. 06-Oct-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  22. 18-Sep-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  23. 01-Sep-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  24. 06-Aug-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  25. 28-Jul-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  26. 21-Jul-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  27. 16-Jul-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  28. 02-Jul-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  29. 01-Jul-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  30. 25-Jun-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  31. 16-Jun-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  32. 30-May-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  33. 07-May-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  34. 02-Apr-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  35. 10-Mar-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  36. 19-Feb-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  37. 06-Jan-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  38. 13-Dec-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  39. 11-Dec-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  40. 27-Nov-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  41. 23-Oct-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  42. 07-Oct-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  43. 23-Sep-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  44. 02-Sep-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  45. 01-Aug-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  46. 03-Jul-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  47. 20-Jun-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  48. 10-Jun-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  49. 20-May-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  50. 09-May-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  51. 04-Apr-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  52. 20-Mar-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  53. 21-Feb-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  54. 24-Jan-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  55. 08-Jan-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  56. 14-Dec-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  57. 20-Nov-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  58. 07-Aug-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  59. 15-May-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  60. 20-Apr-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  61. 15-Mar-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  62. 01-Mar-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  63. 22-Feb-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  64. 08-Dec-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  65. 21-Nov-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  66. 31-Oct-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  67. 29-Sep-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  68. 01-Sep-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  69. 03-Aug-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  70. 13-Jul-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  71. 20-Jun-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  72. 27-May-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  73. 11-Mar-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  74. 22-Feb-2022

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  75. 15-Dec-2021

    Service Pending-Summon

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  76. 30-Nov-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  77. 09-Sep-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  78. 05-Aug-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  79. 11-Jun-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  80. 28-Apr-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  81. 16-Apr-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  82. 31-Mar-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  83. 24-Mar-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  84. 06-Jan-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  85. 21-Nov-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  86. 14-Sep-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  87. 13-Aug-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  88. 20-May-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  89. 13-Mar-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  90. 19-Feb-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  91. 07-Feb-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  92. 03-Jan-2020

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  93. 18-Dec-2019

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  94. 11-Dec-2019

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  95. 04-Dec-2019

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  96. 30-Oct-2019

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  97. 13-Sep-2019

    Service Pending-Warrant

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  98. 14-Aug-2019

    Service Pending-Warrant

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  99. 26-Jun-2019

    For further Proceedings

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  100. 03-May-2019

    Questioning

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  101. 22-Apr-2019

    Questioning

    Judicial Magistrate, Sulur

  102. 12-Apr-2019

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  103. 02-Apr-2019

    Case filed

    Registration No. 229/2019

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: Case 229/2019 - P.K. Ramasamy v. Subramaniam The Judicial Magistrate acquitted Subramaniam of charges under Sections 5 and 10 of the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985, finding that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. The court held that while enforcement officials testified to observing the manufacture of reserved cotton sarees on powerlooms, the absence of a mandatory laboratory report examining the seized fabric samples was fatal to the prosecution's case, as modern powerlooms can visually replicate handloom characteristics requiring scientific verification. Additionally, the only independent witness (PW-4) turned hostile, and the enforcement officer admitted withholding an analyst report she had obtained, triggering an adverse inference under Section 114(g) of the Indian Evidence Act. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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