https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=245694 Rule 5(1)(a) of the Kerala Abkari Shops Disposal Rules, 2002 continued to grant preference to a licensee whose toddy shop licence had been cancelled due to an abkari case but who was later acquitted. The amendment relied on by the authorities changed only the opening part of the rule and did not affect the clause protecting exonerated licensees. A rejection based solely on the earlier case therefore ignored the continuing force of the unamended preference provision. The adverse order was quashed, and the application was directed to be restored and reconsidered under the applicable preference conditions. en-us Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 13:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=245694 Rule 5(1)(a) of the Kerala Abkari Shops Disposal Rules, 2002 continued to grant preference to a licensee whose toddy shop licence had been cancelled due to an abkari case but who was later acquitted. The amendment relied on by the authorities changed only the opening part of the rule and did not affect the clause protecting exonerated licensees. A rejection based solely on the earlier case therefore ignored the continuing force of the unamended preference provision. The adverse order was quashed, and the application was directed to be restored and reconsidered under the applicable preference conditions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=245694