https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190018 Section 3(3C) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and the sugar price fixation scheme were treated as constitutionally valid, with the earlier challenge regarded as already settled by binding precedent. The Court also held that zoning sugar factories for price fixation was part of the statutory policy framework, based on expert economic and agro-climatic considerations, and was legislative in character rather than individualized administrative action. As a result, prior notice or personal hearing was not required before including the factories in Zone No. 1, and the natural justice challenge failed. en-us Tue, 21 Aug 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:09:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190018 Section 3(3C) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and the sugar price fixation scheme were treated as constitutionally valid, with the earlier challenge regarded as already settled by binding precedent. The Court also held that zoning sugar factories for price fixation was part of the statutory policy framework, based on expert economic and agro-climatic considerations, and was legislative in character rather than individualized administrative action. As a result, prior notice or personal hearing was not required before including the factories in Zone No. 1, and the natural justice challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 21 Aug 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190018