https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285169 Prosecution under the Essential Commodities Ordinance, 1955 could not be sustained where the alleged occurrence took place after the Ordinance had ceased to operate and no corresponding control order was shown to be in force. The later Essential Commodities Act, 1955 did not cure that defect, because the proceeding was not founded on that Act. The Bihar Coal Control Order also did not continue under Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, since the Ordinance had expired rather than been repealed, and it was not saved by Section 16 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The summoning order was therefore without jurisdiction and was set aside. en-us Fri, 11 May 1956 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:32:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285169 Prosecution under the Essential Commodities Ordinance, 1955 could not be sustained where the alleged occurrence took place after the Ordinance had ceased to operate and no corresponding control order was shown to be in force. The later Essential Commodities Act, 1955 did not cure that defect, because the proceeding was not founded on that Act. The Bihar Coal Control Order also did not continue under Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, since the Ordinance had expired rather than been repealed, and it was not saved by Section 16 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The summoning order was therefore without jurisdiction and was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 May 1956 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285169