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Arun Singhvi Vs. State of Assam

Court : Guwahati

..... commodities act/rules'. apparently, the learned magistrate committed mistake. from the materials on records it is apparent that petitioner was prosecuted and convicted under section 63 of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976, hereinafter mentioned as 'the act', for alleged contravention of the provisions of section 39 of the act. petitioner impugned the judgment of conviction and ..... plain and conspicuous declaration, made in the prescribed manner, of--(i) the identity of the commodity in the package;(ii) the net quantity, in terms of the standard unit of weight or measure, or the commodity in the package;(iii) where the commodity is packaged or sold by number, the accurate number of the commodity contained in the package;( ..... or other goods from one state to another, or(ii) is effected by a transfer of documents of title to such weight, measure or other goods during its movement from one state to another.6. from the subject matter of chapter iv of the act it is apparent that .....

Assam Roller Flour Mills Association and ors. Vs. State of Assam and o ...

Court : Guwahati

..... sale as have taken place but on the market retail price of the goods declared on the package as per the provision of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 or the rules framed thereunder or any other law for the time being in force which is chargeable only at ..... prescribed rules of behaviours are strictly observed.in fact, the sale of agricultural produce involves a number of functions such as assembling, storing, grading, standardizing transporting and financing the producer and negotiating the sale. the individual producer does not have the specialized knowledge and adequate resource to perform all these functions ..... inconformity with the prescribed rules of behaviour. as the sale of agricultural produce involves a number of activities, such as assembling, storing, grading, weighment, standardization, transport and financing, the individual producers bereft of specialized knowledge and adequate resources to the above effect, are usually grossly disadvantaged. the provisions of the .....

State of Assam and ors. Vs. Chhotabhai Jethabhai Patel Tobacco Product ...

Court : Guwahati

..... passed on to the consumer. according to the learned senior counsel, in fact, because of the provision contained in standard of weights and measures (package commodities) rules, 1977 framed under the standard of weights and measures act, it is not possible on the part of the respondent/writ petitioner to alter the price printed ..... it can delegate the necessary power for implementing the purpose and objects of the act. where the legislative policy is enunciated with sufficient clearness or a standard is laid down, the courts should not interfere.131. in agricultural market committee : air1997sc2502 the apex court has observed that the essential legislative function ..... retains enough control over the authority making the subordinate legislation and, as such, it is not necessary for the legislature to lay down legislative policy, standard or guidelines in the statute. the minority view expressed by mathew, j., has accepted such proposition observing that if the parliament can repeal the provision .....

Tinsukia Trading Co. Vs. State of Assam and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... ensure that those prescribed rules of behaviours are strictly observed. in fact, sale of agricultural produce involves a number of functions such as assembling, storing, grading, standardizing transporting and financing the producer and negotiating the sale. the individual producer does not have the specialised knowledge and adequate resource to perform all these functions. hence ..... of that of an inspector authorised in this behalf by the secretary of the board may at any time inspect, examine and check the weighing instruments, weights, measures kept by a committee. after inspection the inspecting authority may give such directions as it may deem proper and the committee shall be bound to ..... . the inspecting authorities as prescribed herein may at any time and without previous notice, inspect, examine and test any weighing instrument, weight or measures used kept or possess within notified market area by a licences, and every such licensee in possession of nay such weighing instrument .....

Tinsukia Trading Co. Vs. State of Assam and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... ensure that those prescribed rules of behaviours are strictly observed. in fact, sale of agricultural produce involves a number of functions such as assembling, storing, grading, standardizing transporting and financing the producer and negotiating the sale. the individual producer does not have the specialised knowledge and adequate resource to perform all these functions. hence ..... of that of an inspector authorised in this behalf by the secretary of the board may at any time inspect, examine and check the weighing instruments, weights, measures kept by a committee. after inspection the inspecting authority may give such directions as it may deem proper and the committee shall be bound to ..... . the inspecting authorities as prescribed herein may at any time and without previous notice, inspect, examine and test any weighing instrument, weight or measures used kept or possess within notified market area by a licences, and every such licensee in possession of nay such weighing instrument .....

Narayan Ch. Saha and anr. Vs. State of Assam

Court : Guwahati

..... 'damaged grain' and 'insect damaged grain'. because sale of adulterated processed food meant for human consumption is also sought to be prohibited by the act, different standards in respect of different items of such foods are also prescribed in appendix b. in case of processed food invariably different constituents comprise such food. when a ' ..... the main head a. 05) the same type of amendment was made. in almost all cases the different standards were qualified by the requriement 'the amount of insect damaged matter shall not exceed 5 per cent of weight'. on the other hand, the main head a. 18.06 which deals with 'foodgrainsis meant for human consumption ..... complying with the formalities prescribed by law. after the report (ex. 4) was received and it appeared that the sample did not conform to the prescribed standard and was adulterated, prosecution was launched. in the course of trial 3 witnesses were examined on behalf of the prosecution while the first petitioner narayan examined himself .....

Kishore Kalita Vs. Brahmaputra Board and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... counsel, the mode of selection based only on the evaluation of the candidates in the viva voce test is wholly impermissible. the board, therefore, having applied a wrong standard in making the selection, the impugned appointments of the private respondents are liable to be set aside. in support of his submissions, mr. barua has, placed reliance ..... in judgment over the executive's decision in these matters.22. in lila dhar v. state of rajasthan : (1981)iillj297sc , the apex court observed that the weight to be given to the interview test should depend on the requirement of the service, to which the recruitment is made, the source material available for recruitment, the ..... test the man himself and is therefore regarded as an important tool along with the written examination. there cannot be any hard and fast rule regarding the precise weight to be given to the viva voce test as against the written examination. it must vary from service to service according to the requirement of the service, .....

Sh. Fanai Pahnuna Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and anr.

Court : Central Administrative Tribunal CAT Guwahati

Reported in : (2003)(1)SLJ76CAT

..... general principles governing the exercise of power in constitutional democracy.decisions which are extravagant or capricious cannot be legitimate. a decision based on considerations which have been accorded manifestly inappropriate weight is not a lawful decision. the factors mentioned in the earlier paragraphs though relevant were not taken into consideration. no reasons, not to speak of good reasons, were also ascribed ..... custom. one element is factual regularity in behaviour. the other dimension is normative", said the author. custom lacks the attribute of positiveness, it consists of implicit standards of conduct rather than of formulated rules. these standards are mostly tacit, though often highly precise, guidelines for how an individual of certain status and rank ought to act towards one of different or similar .....

Larsing M. Vs. Meghalaya Tourism Development Corpn. Ltd. and anr.

Court : Guwahati

..... must give effect to it; (ii) irrationality, namely, wednesbury unreasonableness. it applies to a decision which is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at. the decision is such that no authority property directing itself on ..... maker's evaluation of the facts. the court will intervene where the facts taken as a whole could not logically warrant the conclusion of the decision-maker. if the weight of facts pointing to one course of action is overwhelming, then a decision the other way, cannot be upheld. a decision would be regarded as unreasonable if it is ..... awarding the loi in favour of the respondent no. 2 or in ignoring the bid of the petitioner is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at. in my judgment, the answer is an emphatic 'no'. .....

indrajit Baruah Vs. State of Assam and anr.

Court : Guwahati

..... has been assigned the role of a sentinel on the 'qui vive'. while the court naturally attaches great weight to the legislative judgment, it cannot desert its own duty to determine finally the constitutionality of an impugned statute. reasonableness cannot be judged by abstract standard or general pattern, but only in a setting. no general pattern of reasonableness can be laid down .....