Supreme Court of India

MANOJ versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.

2026 INSC 152

Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1630/2015
Judgment date
2026-02-13
Petitioner / appellant
MANOJ
Respondent
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 152
Other citation
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 144
CNR
ESCR010000682026
Bench / judges
B.V. NAGARATHNA, R MAHADEVAN
Author judge
B.V. NAGARATHNA
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

In the absence of any subsisting statutory control or saving provision operative on the date of the alleged incident, whether the prosecution of the appellants under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 is legally tenable.

Headnote excerpt

Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Order 1989 – Cement Control Order, 1967 – Maharashtra Cement (Licensing and Control) Order, 1973 – The prosecution case is that the Public Works Department of the State Government had awarded the work of construction of a Khar passage in cement concrete – As per the

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