Avadh Behari, for respondent.
C. Patwardhan, B. R. G. K. Achar for R. H. Dheber, for the appellant.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Sikri, J. These are two appeals by certificate granted by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay against its judgment dated February 4, 1963, in Criminal Appeals Nos.
Appeals from the judgment and order dated February 4, 1963, of the Bombay High Court in Criminal Appeals Nos.
779 and 780 of 1962.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeals Nos.
23 1 Kusegaon village near Lonavala, and while carrying on this quarrying operation work he, failed to observe certain provisions in the Rules.
The Judicial Magistrate, treating this as a preliminary objection, came to the companyclusion that the Inspector was number entitled to file the companyplaint.
By this judgment the High Court affirmed the order of N 4SCI 3 acquittal passed against the respondent by the Judicial Magistrate, A First Class, Vadagaon Mawal .
The relevant facts are as follows The Labour Inspector Central , Bombay 1, appointed under the Minimum Wages Act XI of 1948 hereinafter called the Act by the Central Government filed two companyplaints in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate alleging that the respondent had companytravened certain provisions of the Minimum Wages Central Rules, 1950.
It was alleged that the respondent was doing quarrying operation work in quarry survey Nos.
198 and 199 of 1963.
779 780 of 1962.
The respondent submitted a written statement admitting the facts but he companytended, inter alia, that the Inspector was number authorised to file the companyplaint and it was only an inspector appointed by the Maharashtra State who was companypetent to file a companyplaint.
