Applicability of Standards of Weights and Measures law to goods remitted for fresh decision after hearing and speaking order

The Bombay High Court directed the respondent authority to determine whether the Standards of Weights and Measures Act and the rules framed under it apply to the goods described in the petition. The authority was required to decide the petitioner's application in accordance with law, grant a reasonable opportunity of hearing, and pass a speaking order within the stipulated time. The petition was therefore disposed of on that basis, without a substantive adjudication on applicability.

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Issues: Whether the respondent authority should determine the applicability of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act and the Rules framed thereunder to the goods described in the petition.

Outcome: The petition was disposed of with a direction to the respondent authority to decide the petitioner's application in accordance with law after granting a reasonable opportunity of hearing and to pass a speaking order within the stipulated time.

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