https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172181 Subordinate regulations made under the Mines Act, 1923 retained their character as delegated legislation and, on repeal and re-enactment, continued in force under the general saving rule in section 24 of the General Clauses Act so far as they were not inconsistent with the Mines Act, 1952; the 1926 Coal Mines Regulations were therefore operative and prosecutions based on them were competent. The phrase "any one of the directors" in section 76 of the 1952 Act was construed in light of the statutory scheme to permit prosecution of every director of the owning company, so the Article 14 challenge failed. Directors of managing agents were held not liable because they were neither owners, agents nor managers under the Act. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172181 Subordinate regulations made under the Mines Act, 1923 retained their character as delegated legislation and, on repeal and re-enactment, continued in force under the general saving rule in section 24 of the General Clauses Act so far as they were not inconsistent with the Mines Act, 1952; the 1926 Coal Mines Regulations were therefore operative and prosecutions based on them were competent. The phrase "any one of the directors" in section 76 of the 1952 Act was construed in light of the statutory scheme to permit prosecution of every director of the owning company, so the Article 14 challenge failed. Directors of managing agents were held not liable because they were neither owners, agents nor managers under the Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Feb 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172181