The provisions of Regulation 17 of the C.B.L.R., 2018 is...

The provisions of Regulation 17 of the C.B.L.R., 2018 is required to be considered as directory and not mandatory - having regard to the finding of fact recorded by the Tribunal to the effect that the department has failed to provide sufficient evidence to show that the respondent had lent the IEC without proper verification and thereby he had violated Regulation 11(d) of C.B.L.R., 2013, the substantial question of law No.4 becomes only academical in the present case, because the respondent cannot be held guilty on the merits of the case for want of sufficient evidence as recorded by the Tribunal. - HC

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