https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292112 Price control of essential commodities is valid where the statute authorises regulation of supply and distribution and the prescribed pricing factors are considered. The Court stated that Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act and Clause 5 of the Sugar (Control) Order permitted fixation of ex-factory sugar prices by reference to relevant costs, taxes, profit and incidental charges, and that control need not be confined to retail prices. It further noted that the notification was not shown to be below cost or arbitrary, so no unreasonable restriction on trade under Article 19(1)(g) was established. Regional control was also upheld because the classification had a rational basis in the structure of the sugar market. en-us Fri, 23 Jan 1959 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:57:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292112 Price control of essential commodities is valid where the statute authorises regulation of supply and distribution and the prescribed pricing factors are considered. The Court stated that Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act and Clause 5 of the Sugar (Control) Order permitted fixation of ex-factory sugar prices by reference to relevant costs, taxes, profit and incidental charges, and that control need not be confined to retail prices. It further noted that the notification was not shown to be below cost or arbitrary, so no unreasonable restriction on trade under Article 19(1)(g) was established. Regional control was also upheld because the classification had a rational basis in the structure of the sugar market. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Jan 1959 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292112