https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302678 Corporate prosecution under the Seeds Act, 1966 is stated to require arraignment of the company itself when offences are alleged against persons in charge of its business, and the complaint was therefore treated as unsustainable against only the Managing Director. The text also notes that the statutory safeguard under Section 16, allowing the accused to seek a second opinion from the Central Seed Laboratory, becomes ineffective if prosecution is launched after the sample's shelf life has expired. Because the delayed initiation deprived the accused of a meaningful right to re-analysis and a valuable defence, the proceedings were held to be vitiated and quashed. en-us Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:39:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302678 Corporate prosecution under the Seeds Act, 1966 is stated to require arraignment of the company itself when offences are alleged against persons in charge of its business, and the complaint was therefore treated as unsustainable against only the Managing Director. The text also notes that the statutory safeguard under Section 16, allowing the accused to seek a second opinion from the Central Seed Laboratory, becomes ineffective if prosecution is launched after the sample's shelf life has expired. Because the delayed initiation deprived the accused of a meaningful right to re-analysis and a valuable defence, the proceedings were held to be vitiated and quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302678