https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172473 The expression "foodstuffs" in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was construed broadly and purposively to include cooked food, because the statute is aimed at regulating the production, supply, distribution and price of essential commodities and ensuring fair availability. On price control, fixation of maximum prices was treated as an executive function that courts will not recast on a cost-accounting basis unless patent arbitrariness, hostile discrimination or manifest unreasonableness is shown. No item-wise guarantee of profit was required, and the challenge under Article 14 failed. The catering price-control orders were upheld and the petitions were dismissed with costs. en-us Mon, 22 Aug 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:53:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172473 The expression "foodstuffs" in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was construed broadly and purposively to include cooked food, because the statute is aimed at regulating the production, supply, distribution and price of essential commodities and ensuring fair availability. On price control, fixation of maximum prices was treated as an executive function that courts will not recast on a cost-accounting basis unless patent arbitrariness, hostile discrimination or manifest unreasonableness is shown. No item-wise guarantee of profit was required, and the challenge under Article 14 failed. The catering price-control orders were upheld and the petitions were dismissed with costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 22 Aug 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172473