https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175702 A delegation authorising requisition under the Defence of India Act to a District Magistrate was construed strictly: an Additional District Magistrate, although invested with powers of a District Magistrate under the Criminal Procedure Code, was not treated as the office-holder named in the delegation and therefore lacked competence to make the requisitioning order. The Court also found the allegation of mala fides unproved on the material before it. Because the order was made by an lacking authority under the delegation, the requisition could not stand and the impugned order was quashed. en-us Tue, 24 Sep 1968 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:48:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175702 A delegation authorising requisition under the Defence of India Act to a District Magistrate was construed strictly: an Additional District Magistrate, although invested with powers of a District Magistrate under the Criminal Procedure Code, was not treated as the office-holder named in the delegation and therefore lacked competence to make the requisitioning order. The Court also found the allegation of mala fides unproved on the material before it. Because the order was made by an lacking authority under the delegation, the requisition could not stand and the impugned order was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 Sep 1968 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175702