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Kali Charan Mukherjee Vs. Emperor

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1914)ILR41Cal537

the Chief Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta with the commission of offences under Sections 46 and 52 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909. He was convicted under both these sections, and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three months under Section 46.2.

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 … 1909, and of being in possession of excisable articles knowing the same to have been unlawfully imported under Section 52 of the same Act, both read with Section 55 of the Act, and sentenced them under Section 57

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 … of legislative power ............................ 45 ii. Scheme of legislative entries ................................................................. 48 iii. The field covered by Entry 52 of List I and Entry 8 of List II ............ 51 a. The scope of Entry 8 ..............................................................................

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

The Supdt. and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs. West Bengal on Behalf of ...

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : 1972CriLJ544

of the Prosecutor. C. D. D. West Bengal, substantially based on an interpretation of Section 67 of the Bengal Excise Act 1909 to the effect that the Collector of Customs has got a perpetual right to keep in detention any … Section 85. -(i) arrest without warrant any person found committing an offence punishable under Section 46. Section 48. Section 52 or Section 53; and(ii) seized and detain any article which he has reason to believe to be liable

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. … of Haryana and Ors.). Following an earlier judgment in Bhajan Lal v. State of Punjab (Civil Writ No. 528 of 1966 decided on February 6, 1967), the High Court took the view that the licence fee realised

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 … (See AIR 1951 SC 332). The legislature while legislating cannot foresee and provide for all future contingencies and Section 52 does no more than enable the duly authorised officer to meet contingencies and deal with various situations as

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 … an intelligible principle for fixation of the rate which can be implemented by the administrative agency. In paragraph 52 the learned Judge has pointed out:'The legislative practice has gone even further and has often left to the

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, … to be granted to diplomats and foreign sovereigns; section 45, which authorises use of liquor for sacramental purposes; section 52, which empowers an authorised officer to grant licenses, permits, etc., in cases not specifically provided for; section 53,

Union of India Vs. K. Siraj

Court : Chennai

Subject : Customs

Acts : Customs Act, 1962 - Sections 2(19), 11, 11(2), 28, 47, 51, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106A, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125, 129D, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135 and 135A

Reported in : 1993(44)ECC262; 1993(65)ELT25(Mad)

Applying the above-mentioned rule, the Supreme Court in the above cited case, interpreted the two provisions in the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, as found in Section 63(2) and 64(1) thereof in these words : 'The provisions of Sections 63 and … that the position under the Indian law is that if a vessel comes within the mischief of Section 52A that is to say, if it constructed, adapted, altered or fitted for the purpose of concealing goods and