https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299002 Complaints under the Seeds Act were held to be time-barred where they were filed long after the analysts' reports and beyond the applicable limitation period for a first-offence, fine-only contravention. The Court also held that filing the complaint after the seed sample had lost its shelf-life or the certification period had expired deprived the accused of the statutory right to seek retesting by the Central Seed Laboratory, which is a mandatory safeguard under the Act. That prejudice to the defence rendered the prosecutions unsustainable and liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 30 May 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:25:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299002 Complaints under the Seeds Act were held to be time-barred where they were filed long after the analysts' reports and beyond the applicable limitation period for a first-offence, fine-only contravention. The Court also held that filing the complaint after the seed sample had lost its shelf-life or the certification period had expired deprived the accused of the statutory right to seek retesting by the Central Seed Laboratory, which is a mandatory safeguard under the Act. That prejudice to the defence rendered the prosecutions unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 May 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299002