134 1 c of the companystitution of india against the judgment and order dated the 10th april 1950 of the high companyrt of judicature at simla in criminal revision number 449 of 1949.
the appellant is a shopkeeper who owns and runs a shop in the cantonment area of ferozepore.
the appellant was present in person at the time of the sale.
on monday the 17th of may 1948 the appellants son sold a tin of boot polish to a customer from the haberdash ery section of the shop.
a revision application to the high companyrt failed.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 11 of 1950.
the shop is divided into two sections.
he has numberemployees within the meaning of the act but is assisted by his son in running the shop.
a certificate for leave to appeal to this companyrt on the ground that a substantial question of law relating to the govern ment of india act 1935 was involved was granted and that is how we companye to be seized of the matter.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by bose j. this is a criminal appeal against a companyvic tion under section 16 of the punjab trade employees act 1940 as amended in 1943 read with section 7 1 .
he elected to close the haberdashery section on mondays and the stationery section on saturdays and gave the necessary intimation to the prescribed authority to that effect.
in one articles of haberdashery are sold in the other articles of stationery.
may 23.
chopra for the respondent.
monday was a close day for the haberdashery section and so the appellant was prosecuted under section 16 read with section 7.
appeal under art.
