https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307326 The amendment to Rule 23 of the Packaged Commodities Rules, which deleted the explanation to Rule 4 and added sub-rule (7), was upheld as within the rule-making power under the parent Act. It was read against the mandatory declaration scheme for packaged commodities and the consumer-protective object of the legislation. The amendment did not ban labels or stickers generally; it only stopped alteration of the printed price on a wrapper after packing to curb repeated relabelling and misuse. Applying the test for delegated legislation, the Court found the change reasonably connected to the Act's purpose and neither arbitrary, unreasonable nor discriminatory. en-us Fri, 24 May 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:26:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307326 The amendment to Rule 23 of the Packaged Commodities Rules, which deleted the explanation to Rule 4 and added sub-rule (7), was upheld as within the rule-making power under the parent Act. It was read against the mandatory declaration scheme for packaged commodities and the consumer-protective object of the legislation. The amendment did not ban labels or stickers generally; it only stopped alteration of the printed price on a wrapper after packing to curb repeated relabelling and misuse. Applying the test for delegated legislation, the Court found the change reasonably connected to the Act's purpose and neither arbitrary, unreasonable nor discriminatory. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 May 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307326