https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300841 The Legal Metrology Act, 2009, being a special law with an overriding clause, displaced prosecution under Chapter XIII of the IPC only for offences covering the same weight-and-measure violations, so charges under Sections 265 and 267 IPC were not maintainable. Offences of cheating, forgery, use of forged documents, common intention and conspiracy were distinct and not created by the special Act, so prosecution under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 and 120-B IPC remained maintainable. Directions issued under Section 482 CrPC controlling investigation, changing the investigating officer, involving the District Judge, and ordering ancillary administrative action were beyond judicial power and were set aside. en-us Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300841 The Legal Metrology Act, 2009, being a special law with an overriding clause, displaced prosecution under Chapter XIII of the IPC only for offences covering the same weight-and-measure violations, so charges under Sections 265 and 267 IPC were not maintainable. Offences of cheating, forgery, use of forged documents, common intention and conspiracy were distinct and not created by the special Act, so prosecution under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 and 120-B IPC remained maintainable. Directions issued under Section 482 CrPC controlling investigation, changing the investigating officer, involving the District Judge, and ordering ancillary administrative action were beyond judicial power and were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300841