https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284983 Rival traders may have standing in writ proceedings to challenge excise licensing decisions where the location of a shop affects legal rights and revenue exposure, so a competitor is not rejected at threshold as a mere busybody. The Excise Act and Rules were read as area-specific: permission to shift a licensed shop did not authorise movement from one distinct local area to another if that would alter the sanctioned locality-wise distribution without required governmental approval. The prohibited-distance rule from places of worship or educational institutions was treated as mandatory and strictly enforceable, and a proposed site could not be approved on the basis that another shop was also allegedly non-compliant. en-us Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:06:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284983 Rival traders may have standing in writ proceedings to challenge excise licensing decisions where the location of a shop affects legal rights and revenue exposure, so a competitor is not rejected at threshold as a mere busybody. The Excise Act and Rules were read as area-specific: permission to shift a licensed shop did not authorise movement from one distinct local area to another if that would alter the sanctioned locality-wise distribution without required governmental approval. The prohibited-distance rule from places of worship or educational institutions was treated as mandatory and strictly enforceable, and a proposed site could not be approved on the basis that another shop was also allegedly non-compliant. Case-Laws Central Excise Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284983