https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200012 Amendments to the Orissa Kendu Leaves trade-control regime and the related rules were upheld because they were designed to make the State monopoly operate effectively and were not shown to be arbitrary, discriminatory or mala fide. The possibility of additional agents or purchasers, including nominees or relations of purchasers, did not invalidate the scheme where agents remained bound to buy at fixed rates, collect, store, process and account to Government. The State was not required to accept the highest tender in every case, and the record showed commercial factors rather than fraudulent preference. The challenges therefore failed and the impugned measures survived scrutiny. en-us Thu, 21 Jan 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:58:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200012 Amendments to the Orissa Kendu Leaves trade-control regime and the related rules were upheld because they were designed to make the State monopoly operate effectively and were not shown to be arbitrary, discriminatory or mala fide. The possibility of additional agents or purchasers, including nominees or relations of purchasers, did not invalidate the scheme where agents remained bound to buy at fixed rates, collect, store, process and account to Government. The State was not required to accept the highest tender in every case, and the record showed commercial factors rather than fraudulent preference. The challenges therefore failed and the impugned measures survived scrutiny. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 21 Jan 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200012