https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281736 Section 85(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 authorises a Special Judge to take cognizance without committal, but that regime applied only from 2 October 2016. Because cognizance in the matter had already been taken on 30 July 2016, the Magistrate remained competent to act under the pre-commencement excise law. The jurisdictional challenge therefore fails, and the cognizance order is upheld. en-us Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:02:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281736 Section 85(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 authorises a Special Judge to take cognizance without committal, but that regime applied only from 2 October 2016. Because cognizance in the matter had already been taken on 30 July 2016, the Magistrate remained competent to act under the pre-commencement excise law. The jurisdictional challenge therefore fails, and the cognizance order is upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281736