https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199850 An agreement allowing transfer and operation of a foreign liquor tavern by persons other than the licence-holder, without the Commissioner's prior sanction, was held to contravene the Abkari law and rules. Because the statutory scheme required licensed control and barred transfer or sub-renting without approval, the arrangement was treated as defeating the object of the enactment and therefore void. The plaintiff could not seek court assistance to recover the balance of consideration arising from a business carried on in breach of those requirements, and the claim was not maintainable. en-us Mon, 30 Jan 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:19:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199850 An agreement allowing transfer and operation of a foreign liquor tavern by persons other than the licence-holder, without the Commissioner's prior sanction, was held to contravene the Abkari law and rules. Because the statutory scheme required licensed control and barred transfer or sub-renting without approval, the arrangement was treated as defeating the object of the enactment and therefore void. The plaintiff could not seek court assistance to recover the balance of consideration arising from a business carried on in breach of those requirements, and the claim was not maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 30 Jan 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199850