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Feb 18 2002 (HC)

Tata Celluar Ltd. Vs. K. Shiva Kumar and State of A.P.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2002(1)ALD(Cri)924

..... counsel for 1st respondent does not and cannot have application to tcd card (s). that act is made to provide for the enforcement of the standard weights and measures for better protection of consumers by ensuring meteorological accuracy in commercial transactions, industrial measurements, etc.it is not even the case of the 1st respondent ..... be 'second'. merely because the petitioner collects charges from the tcd card holders as per the pulse rate, which is fixed in time measured in 'seconds', standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 do not apply to the tcd cards because they (t.c.d. cards) or any cellular card is not ..... by the 1st respondent does not disclose the date of its manufacture, date of its expiry or the details of its user, petitioner violated the provisions of standards of weights and measures (enforcement) act, 1985 and since petitioner is also indulging in 'unfair trade practice' attracting the provision of the monopolies and restrictive trade practices act .....

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Nov 06 2003 (HC)

Varnica Herbs, Rep. by Power of Attorney V. Viswanathan Vs. Central Bo ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2004(91)ECC493; 2003LC387(Madras); 2004(163)ELT160(Mad)

..... placed in a mono-carton that would not make the pack a multi-piece package and rule 17 is not applicable. 14. rule 6 of the the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 contained in chapter ii requires every retail package to contain the net quantity, and the maximum retail price. multi- ..... of the impugned circular is to the following effect:- ' . . . 5. in view of the above statutory requirement for declaration of retail sale price under the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 for multi-piece packages, it is clarified that in respect of multi-piece packages of a commodity intended for retail sale and ..... namely (1) there is a notification specifying the goods assessed with reference to retail sale price and (2) the manufacture is required under the provisions of standards of weights and measures act or the rules made thereunder to declare retail price of such goods on the package thereof. 3. while the matter stood thus, the first .....

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Jul 22 2009 (HC)

Flemingo Duty Free Shops Pvt. Ltd., a Company Incorporated Under the P ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR2009KAR3462; 2009(5)KarLJ480

..... under the relevant act is equally inapplicable.the writ petition is accordingly allowed. it is declared that the standards of weights and measure act, 1976, the standards of weights and measures (enforcement) act, 1985, and the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977, dealing with imported goods are not applicable to the goods of ..... is therefore evident that tile legislature has chosen not lo cover transactions in the course of import or export, either under the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 or the standards of weights and measures (enforcement) act, 1985. the sales in duly-free shops in which foreign goods are sold to incoming and ..... the transactions insofar as the goods brought by incoming passengers are sales in the course of import and are not covered by the swm act, or the standards of weights and measures (enforcement) act, 1985, (hereinafter referred to as swm (enforcement) act, for brevity) the said acts apply to interstate sales and intra .....

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Jul 24 2006 (SC)

State of Rajasthan and anr. Vs. Rajasthan Chemists Association

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC2699; 2006(202)ELT217(SC); JT2006(6)SC553; RLW2006(4)SC3365; 2006(7)SCALE330; (2006)6SCC773; [2006]147STC542(SC); 2006(2)LC975(SC)

..... the said notification.(2) the goods to be specified under sub-section (1) shall be those in relation to which it is required under the provisions of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 or the rules made thereunder or under any other law for the time being in force, to declare on the package hereof the retail sale ..... to seller on such sales as have taken place, but on the mrp of the goods declared on the package as per the provisions of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 (in short 'weight and measures act') or the rules framed thereunder or any other law for the time being in force which is chargeable only at the last ..... is levied on the basis of income which the assessee receives from his profession, trade, calling or property....therefore, while determining the nature of a tax, though the standard on which the tax is levied may be a relevant consideration, it is not a conclusive consideration.23. this court recognised greater freedom in adopting measure of the tax .....

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Jan 02 2003 (HC)

Titan Watches Limited Vs. Senior Inspector Legal Metrology, Weights an ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2003(2)ALD577; 2003(4)ALT29

..... cover one aspect or the other. section 1 of the act reads as under: '1. short title, extent and commencement :--(1) this act may be called the standards of weights and measures act, 1976. (2) it extends to the whole of india. (3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, ..... printed on the container, he has seized certain watches and issued show-cause notice alleging contravention of section 39 of the standards of weights and measurements act, 1976, hereinafter referred to as the act and the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 hereinafter referred to as the rules. in the show-cause notice dated 2 ..... in a very narrow compass. the parliament has enacted the act 60 of 1976 to establish standards of weights and measures, to regulate inter-state trade or commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. the act covers .....

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Mar 05 2007 (HC)

The Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India and ors. ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 139(2007)DLT7; 2007(94)DRJ573

..... preferred by the court.14. it is also relevant to note that entry-50 of the union list in the constitution of india covers 'establishment of standard of weight and measure' whereas price control is explicitly covered by entry-34 of the concurrent list. packaging and pricing must, thereforee, not be treated as legal ..... act empowers the central government to 'make rules for carrying out the provision' of the act. in exercise of these powers the central government has promulgated 'the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 [hereinafter referred to swm rules]'. mr. jayant nath, learned senior counsel for the union of india and mr. midha ..... recounts that india is a signatory to the metre convention in the context of which unanimous recommendation came to be made suggesting the replacement of the standards of weights and measures act, 1956 by a more comprehensive legislation on the subject. the intendment of the bill was to provide for consumer protection in respect .....

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Aug 26 2011 (SC)

State of Maharashtra and ors. Vs. Subhash Arjundas Kataria

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... in civil appeal no. 1117 of 2010, the specific question is whether the sun glasses can be considered pre-packed commodity under rule 2(l) of the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 (in short `the rules). in the connected appeals, the product includes titan watches, fixed wireless phones, sun glasses, electrical ..... halwa and ashirvaad atta etc. can be considered as a wholesale package within the definition of the expression wholesale package under rule 2(x) of the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the rules). 3) brief facts: a) the respondent is a firm carrying on the business ..... contained in the package; and (c) the total number of retail packages contained in such wholesale package or the net quantity in terms of standard units of weights, measures or number of the commodity contained in wholesale package: provided that nothing in this rule shall apply in relation to a wholesale package if .....

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Jul 09 2012 (HC)

Ms.Colorplus Fashions Ltd. Vs. the Controller of Legal Metrology

Court : Chennai

..... its sale of packed wallets by displaying the cost of materials in the label permanently affixed to the packing as permitted under section 39(3) of the standards of weight and measures act, 1976.2. the petitioner informs of being a manufacturer of premium quality readymade garments and accessories like wallets, belts, etc. under the trade ..... .04.2005 referring to the same violation, but informing that the breach committed by the petitioner was one under section 33 compoundable under section 51 of the standards of weights and measures (enforcement) act. again, it was informed that the offence was compoundable and hence, the petitioner may call on the respondent at the place, ..... 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, of the commodity in the package;(iii)where the commodity is packaged or sold by number, the accurate number of the commodity contained in .....

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Sep 10 2004 (SC)

i.T.C. Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise, New Delhi and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2004(96)ECC97; 2004(171)ELT433(SC); JT2004(7)SC409; 2004(7)SCALE540; (2004)7SCC591

..... printed price which was in any event required to be printed on each cigarette packet by virtue of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 (referred to hereafter as the swm act) as well as the standard weights & measures (packaged commodity) rules 1977 (referred to as the packaged commodities rules). the appellant cleared cigarettes ..... :'the committee find that retail sale of the packet of cigarettes at a price higher than the declared printed price amounts to an infringement of the standards of weights and measures (packed commodities) rules, 1977 which is being enforced by the state governments and the union territories. the committee have been informed that ..... pac report it said:'the declaration of the maximum retail price on all commodities dealt with in packaged form including cigarettes is a requirement under the standards of weights & measures (packed commodities) rules 1977. this declared price has been taken as a basis for determining the slabs at which the excise duty would .....

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Nov 02 2007 (SC)

Whirlpool of India Ltd. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2008SC397; 2008(1)ALD105(SC); 2007(123)ECC93; 2007(149)LC93(SC); 2007(218)ELT167(SC); 2007(12)SCALE754; 2007AIRSCW7139

..... would suggest that a commodity if packed in any manner in units suitable for sale, whether wholesale or retail, becomes a 'commodity in packed form'. in the year 1977 the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 (for short 'swm (pc) rules'). rule 2(l) defines 'pre packed commodity' which is as under:'pre-packed commodity' with its grammatical variations ..... only. before the high court the appellant pleaded that refrigerator is not such a commodity which can be termed to be a 'packaged commodity' and further the provisions of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 (for short 'swm act') or the rules made thereunder are not applicable to the refrigerator at all. it was, therefore, prayed that the notification was .....

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