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PETITIONER: DIRECTOR OF RATIONING AND DISTRIBUTION
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE CORPORATION OF CALCUTTA AND OTHERS
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 16/08/1960
BENCH: SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ) BENCH: SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ) IMAM, SYED JAFFER SARKAR, A.K. WANCHOO, K.N. SHAH, J.C.
CITATION: 1960 AIR 1355 1961 SCR (1) 158 CITATOR INFO : RF 1961 SC 112 (80) RF 1961 SC 221 (25,33) R 1963 SC1241 (68,65) D 1963 SC1681 (15) R 1964 SC 669 (12,13,14) R 1964 SC1781 (9) R 1965 SC1061 (17) O 1967 SC 997 (1,2,6,22,24,27,34,44,51,54,56 E 1968 SC 360 (2,4) RF 1976 SC1207 (162,182) RF 1988 SC1003 (2)
ACT: Statute, interpretation of--State, if bound by statute--Principles applicable--" Person", if includes State--Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923 (Ben. III of 1923), S. 386(1)(a)--Constitution of India, Art. 372.
HEADNOTE: The appellant was using certain premises in Calcutta for storing rice flour, etc. without taking out any license under s. 386(1)(a) of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923. The respondent filed a complaint against the appellant for a contravention of S. 386(1)(a). The trial Magistrate acquitted the appellant holding that the provisions of s. 386(1)(a), neither in terms nor by necessary implication bound the Government whom the appellant represented. I...