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TypeBare Act JurisdictionPunjab Government

The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Section 278

Kerosene dealership

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The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Section 278 is part of The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 - Kerosene dealership. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

In the case of wholesale kerosene dealership the parties to the agreement are the dealer and the petrol company and the State Government and any of its officials are complete strangers to that agreement. Further as in case of a dealership under the public distribution system a wholesale dealer of kerosene oil must obtain a wholesale kerosene dealer's licence under the unification order and on the basis of that licence alone he can carry on the wholesale business in kerosene. The grant and revocation of licence is regulated by the provisions of the unification order and a licence issued under the unification order can by no means be cancelled by directions contained in executive instructions; Veena Devi v. State of Bihar , AIR 2004 Pat

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Section Section 278 of the The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Kerosene dealership) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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