Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited vs Arindam Taraphdar

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2024 Supreme(Cal) 1053

ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited – Appellant
Versus
Arindam Taraphdar – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Dipanjan Dutt, Prasun Mukherjee, Deepak Agarwala.
For the Respondent: Swapan Kumar Pal.

JUDGMENT :

ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY, J.

1. The instant revisional application has been filed by the petitioners for quashing the proceedings of Case No. C.R. 230 of 2008 pending before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jangipur, Murshidabad under Sections 37(1)(vii), 9, 38, 39(1), 39(2), 61 and 62 read with Section 60 of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985.

2. The Inspector of Legal Metrology, Jangipur Unit No. 46, District-Murshidabad, instituted a complaint in the Court of Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jangipur, Murshidabad, being authorized to file the same by the Controller of Legal Metrology, West Bengal under Section 63 of the Standard of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the said Act’) against the present petitioners no. 1, 2 and 3 who are described as follows:The petitioner no. 1, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is a Government Company under the Companies Act, 1956 and also a Government of India Enterprise functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India dealing with the business of refining, distributing and marketing