https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192658 Section 10 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was construed to allow prosecution of persons in charge, directors, managers, secretaries or other officers for a company's contravention without the company itself being separately arraigned, so long as the contravention by the company is proved. The provision was read as making the company and the specified persons amenable to prosecution singly or together, and simultaneous prosecution of the company was held not to be a condition precedent. The prosecutions were therefore maintainable, and the challenge to their continuance failed. en-us Wed, 12 Sep 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192658 Section 10 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was construed to allow prosecution of persons in charge, directors, managers, secretaries or other officers for a company's contravention without the company itself being separately arraigned, so long as the contravention by the company is proved. The provision was read as making the company and the specified persons amenable to prosecution singly or together, and simultaneous prosecution of the company was held not to be a condition precedent. The prosecutions were therefore maintainable, and the challenge to their continuance failed. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 12 Sep 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192658