https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277539 Rules framed under the Indian Mines Act were treated as subordinate legislation capable of judicial scrutiny, and the reference was held competent to be considered with the revisions. The Court held that while the statutory power covered requiring suitable rooms or bathing facilities and imposing compliance responsibility on owners or managers, several detailed provisions went beyond the enabling sections and amounted to impermissible sub-delegation or excess of rule-making power. Because the offending provisions were not severable from the main scheme, the Mines Creche Rules and Coal Mines Pithead Bath Rules were held invalid and inoperative, and convictions founded on them could not stand; the sentences were set aside. en-us Thu, 29 Apr 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:35:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277539 Rules framed under the Indian Mines Act were treated as subordinate legislation capable of judicial scrutiny, and the reference was held competent to be considered with the revisions. The Court held that while the statutory power covered requiring suitable rooms or bathing facilities and imposing compliance responsibility on owners or managers, several detailed provisions went beyond the enabling sections and amounted to impermissible sub-delegation or excess of rule-making power. Because the offending provisions were not severable from the main scheme, the Mines Creche Rules and Coal Mines Pithead Bath Rules were held invalid and inoperative, and convictions founded on them could not stand; the sentences were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 29 Apr 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277539