https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175018 Under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, confiscation under Section 6A and prosecution under Section 7 operate as separate consequences of breach of a control order. Section 6E ousts the jurisdiction of other courts and authorities and vests exclusive interim authority in the Collector or State Government over possession, delivery, disposal, release or distribution pending confiscation. The term "release" does not permit restoration of seized essential commodities to the owner or possessor, because that would undermine confiscation and the Act's object of preventing hoarding, scarcity and disruption of public distribution. The Collector may order only limited interim disposal consistent with the statutory scheme. en-us Thu, 03 May 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:57:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175018 Under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, confiscation under Section 6A and prosecution under Section 7 operate as separate consequences of breach of a control order. Section 6E ousts the jurisdiction of other courts and authorities and vests exclusive interim authority in the Collector or State Government over possession, delivery, disposal, release or distribution pending confiscation. The term "release" does not permit restoration of seized essential commodities to the owner or possessor, because that would undermine confiscation and the Act's object of preventing hoarding, scarcity and disruption of public distribution. The Collector may order only limited interim disposal consistent with the statutory scheme. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 May 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175018