Madhya Pradesh Court November 1970 Judgments

N. Ganubhai Vs. Municipal Corporation, Raipur and ors.

Court: Madhya Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1971MP166; 1971MPLJ350

Bishambhar Dayal, C.J.1. This petition is by a firm carrying on business within the municipal area of Raipur Corporation. The Inspector of the Corporation reported on the 8th September 1970 that the petitioner firm is strongly suspected to have imported a large quantity of materials and placed them in its godown without paying octroi for the same. As a result of this report, the respondent-Corporation on the 11th September 1970 locked the godown of the petitioner as the petitioner did not agree to allow inspection of the goods inside the godown. The petitioner wanted three days' time to give a reply. On the 14th September 1970 the petitioner was informed that the inspection would be done on the 15th September at 9 a.m. According to the petitioner, the officers of the Corporation illegally broke open the lock of the godown and ransacked it; -while, according to the Corporation's return, they entered into the godown on the 15th September in the presence of a representative of the firm an...