https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192659 Timely payment for sugarcane under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1955 falls within the power to regulate essential commodities and food-crops, including their purchase price. The prescribed payment period validly operated despite inconsistent provisions of the pre-Constitution Bihar Sugar Factories Control Act, 1937, because Article 372 preserved that law only until competent alteration, repeal or amendment. Non-payment was treated as a cognizable offence because the applicable punishment brought it within the Code of Criminal Procedure classification, permitting police investigation; the restriction concerning court cognizance was inapplicable before cognizance was taken. en-us Fri, 25 Jul 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:44:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192659 Timely payment for sugarcane under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1955 falls within the power to regulate essential commodities and food-crops, including their purchase price. The prescribed payment period validly operated despite inconsistent provisions of the pre-Constitution Bihar Sugar Factories Control Act, 1937, because Article 372 preserved that law only until competent alteration, repeal or amendment. Non-payment was treated as a cognizable offence because the applicable punishment brought it within the Code of Criminal Procedure classification, permitting police investigation; the restriction concerning court cognizance was inapplicable before cognizance was taken. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 25 Jul 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192659