Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd, a sugar manufacturer licensed under the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960, was levied a market fee on its purchase of sugarcane and sale of sugar and molasses. The mill challenged the fee in a suit, obtained a decree in its favour, but later faced assessments …
The appellants, rice millers and commission agents, challenged the levy of market fee on rice imposed by Marketing Committees under the Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966, arguing that the Karnataka Rice Procurement (Levy) Order, 1984 (a Control Order issued under the …
The Constitution Bench examined whether the Parliament’s Tobacco Board Act, 1975 (under Entry 52 of List I) validly covers the sale of raw tobacco and whether State Agricultural Produce Markets Acts (under Entry 28/66 of List II) can levy market fees on tobacco. The Court held that the word …
The Supreme Court examined whether the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960 (the Market Act) could be applied to transactions involving sugarcane, sugar, molasses, wheat products, vegetable oils, rice, milk products and tea. It held that the special statutes governing sugarcane, sugar and …
The case concerned the validity of Sections 4A, 4B and 33M inserted by the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Acts of 1992‑1993 and the power of the State Government to add or delete items from the Schedule of the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960 using Section 39. The sugar …
The petitioners challenged the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960's provision allowing the Market Committee to levy a market fee on buffaloes, bullocks and cows sold in a notified market, arguing that cattle are not agricultural produce. The High Court held that Section 2(1)(a) of the Act, …
The State of Bihar challenged Ashok Industries for not paying market fees under the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960, as amended in 1982. The amendment introduced two Explanations: one to the definition of "sale" in Section 2(P)(i) and another to the charging provision in Section 27, …
The petitioners, wholesale traders in onions, potatoes and other produce, challenged notifications under the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963 that required them to shift their business to newly declared principal market yards and to conduct all marketing of declared …
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