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P.H. Avari Vs. State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Excise

Acts : Bengal Excise Act, 1909 - Sections 2(11), 12, 20, 27, 38 and 86; ;Bengal Excise (Foreign Liquor Licence Fee) Rules, 1942 - Rule 3; ;Bengal Excise (Foreign Liquor Licence Fee) (Amendment) Rules, 1950; ;Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 115; ;Constitution of India - Articles 9, 226, 265, 286, 299 and 367(3); ;Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , 1908 - Section 84; ;Land Customs Act, 1924 - Sections 4 and 5

Reported in : AIR1958Cal203,62CWN278

is authorised to carryon such business under a license for the sale of foreign liquor granted under the Bengal Excise Act, 1909. The terms of license material for pur-pqses of this application are:'(I) Sri Pesi Hormusji Avari, resident of Calcutta … Sections 30 to 44A under Chapter VI of the Bengal Excise Act deal with licenses, permits and passes. Section 38 provides that every license granted under the Act shall be granted on payment of 'fees'. It also provides

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 … of this case read in conjunction with Article 19(1)(d) of the Constitution and in the background of Article 38(2) of the Constitution every person has right under Article 19(1)(d) to move freely throughout the territory of India

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 … diverted and misused as substitute for potable alcohol. This is enough to justify a provision like Section 58-A.” 38 (1992) 2 SCC39939 1996 3 SCC70940 1996 3 SCC709[33]. 41 (1997) 2 SCC715Page 17 of 123 PART A

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

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

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 … Laws, Vol. 1 page 287, quoted 1951 S.C.R., 747, at p. 922: (AIR 1951 SC 332 at p. 381) 'Representative government vests in the persons chosen to exercise the power of voting taxes and enacting laws, the

Khoday Distilleries Ltd. and ors. Vs. State of Karnataka and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 14, 19(1), 19(2), 19(6), 47. 300A, 301 and 304; Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Wholesale Trade, Distribution and Retail Trade in Indian Liquor and Foreign Liquor, Wine and Beer) Act, 1993

Reported in : JT1994(6)SC588; 1994(4)SCALE528; (1995)1SCC574; [1994]Supp4SCR477; MANU/SC/0572/1995

then referred to the contention on behalf of the appellant that the provisions of Section 43 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 which empowered the licensing authority to withdraw the licence for any reason whatsoever not falling under Section 42

Har Shankar and ors. Vs. the Dy. Excise and Taxation Commr. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Excise

Acts : Punjab Excise Act, 1914 - Sections 3(9), 5, 8, 16, 17, 20, 20(1), 20(2), 24, 24(4), 26, 27, 27(2), 34, 34(1), 35(2), 36, 43, 56, 58, 59, 60 and 60(1); Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949; Cochin Abkari Act; Bombay Lotteries and Prize Competition Control and Tax Act, 1948; Punjab Liquor Licence Rules, 1956 - Rules 1, 11, 12, 23, 24, 27A, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 36 (23-A), 59 and 103(1); Punjab Liquor Licence (First Amendment) Rules, 1968 - Rule 27-A; Prohibition and Excise Laws; Federal law; Constitution of India - Articles 14, 19, 19(1), 19(6), 47, 132(1), 133(1), 226, 298 and 301; Ajmer Excise Regulation - Regulation 1915; Bombay Abkari Act, 1878; Bengal Excise Act, 1909; Madras Abkari Act, 1886; Eastern Bensal and Assam Excise Act, 1910; Bihar and Orissa Excise Act, 1915 - Sections 2

Reported in : AIR1975SC1121; (1975)1SCC737; [1975]3SCR254; MANU/SC/0321/1975

[1973]1SCR533 , a Constitution Bench of this Court had to consider the question whether Section 43 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 under which the licence of a liquor contractor was withdrawn, violated Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. … Supdt. of Excise, Behrampur (C.A. 1415 of 1966 decided on 10-4-1967) it was held by this Court that Section 38 of the Bihar and Orissa Excise Act. 1915 did not empower the board to levy a tax and

Mati Lal Chandra Vs. Emperor

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1912)ILR39Cal1053

is foreign liquor and has paid the full duty imposed thereon by the Indian Tariff Act or the Bengal Excise Act. But this is rather discounted by another letter from the same gentleman to the Collector of Hooghly in … and Promotho Lal Chandra of transporting excisable articles from Chandernagore to Calcutta under Section 46, Act V of 1909, and of being in possession of excisable articles knowing the same to have been unlawfully imported under Section … Chandernagore are proved by analysis to be of a strength of 100, 38, 54 or 61, 46 N. P. and 6, 40 N. P., respectively,

P.N. Kaushal and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Excise

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 14, 19(1) and (6) and 47; Punjab Excise Act, 1914 - Sections 58 and 59; Punjab Excise Act and Liquor Licence (Second Amendment) Rules - Rule 37

Reported in : AIR1978SC1457; (1978)3SCC558; [1979]1SCR122

permit or pass granted in that behalf. The Bombay Abkari Act 1878; the Bombay Prohibition Act 1949, the Bengal Excise Acts of 1878 and 1909; the Madras Abkari Act 1886; the Laws and Rules contained in the Excise … licensed liquor shops and other institutions of inebriation in the private sector, puts in issue the constitutionality of Section 59(f)(v) and Rule 37 of the Punjab Excise Act and Liquor Licence (Second Amendment) Rules, (hereinafter, for short, … especially when progressive implementation of the policy of prohibition is, by Articles 38 and 47 made fundamental to the country's governance. The Constitution is the