Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963

The appellant, Mumbai Agricultural Produce Market Committee, collected market fees and supervision charges on agricultural produce, including vanaspati, after the State of Maharashtra added the item to the Schedule of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963. Respondents Hindustan Lever Ltd…

Britannia Industries Ltd. challenged the applicability of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963 to edible oil, Vanaspati and sugar, contending that sugar procured from outside the defined market area should not attract market fees. The High Court held that edible oil, Vanaspati and sugar…

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 agricultural produce…