https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=113121 Vicarious criminal liability under section 33 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 is not automatic for every director or officer of a company. The complaint must specifically aver that the accused was in charge of, and responsible for, the conduct of the company's business at the relevant time; a bare reference to designation or role is insufficient. Applying settled principles on analogous deeming provisions, the Court reiterated that such liability arises only when the statute and the complaint contain the necessary particulars linking the accused to the business and the alleged offence. On the complaint as framed, prosecution could not be sustained and quashing of the summons was justified. en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=113121 Vicarious criminal liability under section 33 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 is not automatic for every director or officer of a company. The complaint must specifically aver that the accused was in charge of, and responsible for, the conduct of the company's business at the relevant time; a bare reference to designation or role is insufficient. Applying settled principles on analogous deeming provisions, the Court reiterated that such liability arises only when the statute and the complaint contain the necessary particulars linking the accused to the business and the alleged offence. On the complaint as framed, prosecution could not be sustained and quashing of the summons was justified. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=113121