Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Company Officials in Insecticide Act Case Due to Non-Joinder of Manufacturing Company and Expiry of Sample Shelf Life. The court held that without the company being arraigned as an accused, vicarious liability cannot be imposed on its officers, and the expiry of the sample's shelf life deprived the accused of their statutory right to get the sample tested from a third laboratory under Section 24(3) of the Insecticides Act, 1968.
22 Jan 2018The petitioners, accused Nos. 2 and 3 in R.C.C. No. 479/2015 pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Parbhani, filed a criminal writ petition un...




