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Kishan Chand Arora Vs. Commissioner of Police, Calcutta

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Calcutta Police Act, 1866 - Sections 3, 39 and 40; Bengal Excise Act, 1909; Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908 - Sections 15(2); Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950 - Sections 112; Ajmer Government Wards Regulation, 1888 - Sections 7; Indian Bar Councils Act - Sections 8 and 9(1); ;Cotton Textile (Control of Movement) Order, 1948; Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946 - Sections 3; Iron and Steel (Control of Production and Distribution) Order, 1941; Bihar Mica Act, 1948 - Sections 25(1); Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 - Sections 47 and 48(3); Constitution of India - Articles 19, 19(1), 19(4), 19(6), 32 and 226

Reported in : AIR1961SC705; [1961]3SCR135

or places of public resort and entertainment as aforesaid for which no licence as is specified in the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, is required upon such conditions, to be inserted in every such licence, as he, with the sanction of … Wanchoo, J.1. This petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution challenges the constitutionality of s. 3 of the Calcutta … right to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business contained in Art. 19(1)(g). Section 39 is in these terms :- 'The Commissioner of Police, may, at his discretion, from time to time,

Smt. Mala Banerjee Vs. the State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Commercial

Acts : Bengal Excise Act, 1909 - Sections 2, 30, 85 and 86; ;NISI Rules, 1993 - Rule 8(1); ;NISI Rules, 2003; ;Constitution of India - Articles 12, 14, 19(1), 21, 32, 36 to 51, 38(2) and 226

Reported in : 2008(1)CHN979

where such people needs to congregate particularly like educational institutions etc. and accordingly, under Section 85 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, the State Government had in the past promulgated the Rules from time to time which carry strict stipulations … B. Krishna Bhatt v. Union of India reported in : [1990]2SCR1 , a Public Interest Litigation under Article 32 of the Constitution of India was filed praying for a direction upon the Union of India and the

AmIn Shariff Vs. Emperor

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1934Cal580,150Ind.Cas.561

25, Evidence Act. As a branch of this ground Mr. Pal has also argued that Under Section 74, Bengal Excise Act, 1909, an Excise Officer is a Police Officer within the meaning of Section 162, Criminal P. C. and any … act simultaneously for the prevention and detection of offences committed in breach of the Regulation (e.g., see Sections 32, 33, 35, 36 etc). In the Opium Act (13 of 1857) there are also similar provisions, e.g., see

State Of U.p. . Vs. M/s. Lalta Prasad Vaish And Sons

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Land Acquisition

1077; Section 3(10) 158 Similar definitions in Bihar and Orissa Excise Act 1915; Sections 2(14); 2(19) 159 The Bengal Excise Act 1909; Section 2(12a) 160 The Bengal Excise Act 1909; Section 2(14) 161 The Bengal Excise Act 1909; Section 2(19) Page … Article 136 were instituted for challenging the decision of the High Court. Proceedings were also initiated under Article 32 challenging the constitutional validity of the levy of vend fee. A two-Judge Bench of this Court in Synthetics

Calcutta Country Spirit Opium and Drug Association Ltd. Vs. State of W ...

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Sales TaxConstitution

Reported in : [1974]34STC161(Cal)

the two points as aforesaid raised by the petitioners. Drawing my attention to the different provisions of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, Rules, Regulations and Orders made thereunder, Mr. Bose has contended that a sale effected by a licensed retail … Sales Tax Act), sale of country spirit was exempted from the incidence of such taxation by virtue of Section 6(1) read with entry 25, column 1, Schedule I, of the Act. But the West Bengal Legislature passed … Kerala High Court has gone in Deputy Commissioner v. Sreedhara Shenoy [1973] 32 S.T.C. 181 in holding that, in view of the later Supreme Court

Rita Shaw and ors. Vs. Dipendra Lal Shaw and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Excise

Acts : Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 14; ;Indian Trusts Act - Section 6; ;Bengal Excise Act - Section 86; ;Partnership Act, 1932 - Sections 31 and 42; ;Bengal Excise Act, 1909; ;Income Tax Act - Section 185; ;Bengal Excise Rules - Rules 207, 208 and 209; ;Hindu Law

Reported in : 2006(4)CHN414

is excise license, without which this business cannot be operated, and this again, under the provisions of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, and rules thereof, is in the nature of a personal privilege, and not a mere incidence of the … and marked 'Exhibit 5' runs contrary to law, being hit by the rule against perpetuity, as contained in Section 14 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. It is also the case of the plaintiffs that exclusion … Hedo's land and pond in the name of Samarandrajit Shaw--land dag No. 3289, pond dag No. 3293.11. In her affidavit-evidence, the plaintiff witness, being plaintiff

The Corporation of Calcutta and ors. Vs. Sarat Chandra Ghatak and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 110(2), 199(2), 245, 265 and 277; ;Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 - Sections 233 and 229

Reported in : AIR1959Cal704

further and has often left to the executive an unfettered power to fix the rate of tax. The Bengal Excise Act, 1909 (Bengal Act V of 1909), Section 27 empowers the Government to impose an excise duty or a countervailing … laid in the absence of a plain indication that the legislature intended to give the more liberal meaning. 32. The meaning of the words 'public place' must be gathered in each case from the context and subject

N.J. Nayadu and Co. and ors. Vs. Administrator of the City of Nagpur a ...

Court : Mumbai

Subject : ConstitutionOther Taxes

Acts : City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948 - Sections 114, 114(1), 114(2), 114(3), 115 and 144; Nagpur Municipal Corporation Theatre Tax Rules - Rule 3; Constitution of India - Articles 19(1), 245 and 276; Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948 - Sections 5; Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 - Sections 229, 548 and 548(2); Indian Tariff Act, 1934 - Sections 4, 8 and 9; Sugar Industry (Protection) Act, 1932 - Sections 4; Salt (Additional Import Duty) Act, 1939 - Sections 4; Bengal Excise Act, 1909 - Sections 27; Mathches (Excise Duty) Act, 1934 - Sections 3(2) and 4; ;Madras Commercial Crops Markets Act, 1933 - Sections 11(1) and 12; Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 - Sections 73; Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 - Sections 169; Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 - Sections 113(2), 11

Reported in : AIR1970Bom59; (1969)71BOMLR253; ILR1970Bom68; 1969MhLJ234

further and has often left to the executive an unfettered power to fix the rate of tax. The Bengal Excise Act, 1909 (Bengal Act V of 1909). Section 27 empowers the Government to impose an excise duty or a countervailing … this country providing for flexible rates of tax are furnished bv the Indian Tariff Act of 1934 (Act XXXII of 1934) Ss. 4, 8 and 9 empowering the government to alter protective duties, to impose additional import

The State of Bombay and anr. Vs. F.N. Balsara Overruled

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Media and CommunicationConstitution

Acts : Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 - Sections 12, 13, 23, 24, 24(1), 30 to 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 118, 119, 121, 136(1), 136(2) and 139; Specific Relief Act - Sections 45; Bombay Abkari Act, 1878 - Sections 14-B, 148; Government of India Act, 1935 - Sections 297, 297(1); Bombay Abkari (Amendment) Act, 1947; Constitution Act - Sections 100; Bengal Money-Lenders Act, 1940; Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 1940; Bihar and Orissa Excise Act, 1915 - Sections 19(4); Constitution of India - Articles 14, 19, 19(1), 19(5), 24(1), 47 and 132(1)

Reported in : (1951)53BOMLR982; (1951)IIMLJ141; [1951]2SCR682

where the definition is substantially the same as in the Act with which we are concerned. In the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, 'liquor' is said to mean 'liquid consisting of or containing alcohol' and includes spirits of wine, spirit, wine, … the time being in force, be legally sold without an excise licence.' 32. The word 'spirits' has been defined in the Spirits Act, 1880, as … proceedings against him, penal or otherwise, under the Act. The petitioner also prayed for a similar order under section 45 of the Specific Relief Act against the respondents. The High Court, agreeing with some of the petitioner's

Nashirwar and ors. Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Constitution of India - Article 19(1)

Reported in : AIR1975SC360; (1975)1SCC29; [1975]2SCR861

for the wholesale vend of country spirit were required to be fixed by tender-Cum-auction. Section 22 of the Bengal Excise Act 1909 conferred power on the Chief Commissioner to grant exclusive privilege of manufacturing and supplying country liquor. No grantee … of the land-tax shall be made exclusively of the said articles now recited.29. This was followed by section XXXII of Regulation II of 1803 in the Madras Presidency. That section provided that Collectors shall collect the revenue