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Provisions of IPC Relating to Weights and Measures Inapplicable Where Legal Metrology Act Applies: Allahabad High Court Quashes Sections 265, 266 IPC
"No person can be charged for an offence relating to weight or measure falling under Chapter XIII of IPC in view of the provisions of the Legal Metrology Act" – Allahabad High Court clarifying the legal interplay between the Indian Penal Code and the Legal Metrology Act, 2009. In an application filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking quashing of the charge sheet and summoning order in a fuel dispensing fraud case, the High Court partly allowed the appli
Oct 224 min read
Proposed amendments to India’s legal metrology rules
The Department of Consumer Affairs has issued a notice inviting public comments on a draft amendment to the Legal Metrology (Approval of...
Oct 71 min read
Office of Weights and Measures, National Legal Metrology Program (NLMP) Announces “Info Hours”
The Office of Weights and Measures, National Legal Metrology Program (NLMP) is pleased to announce a new program called “Info...
Apr 2, 20243 min read
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