Vicarious Liability Cannot Be Attributed To Officers Of Company In Cases Where Company Is Offender Unless Statute Specifically Fixes Responsibility :J&K&L HC
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed a criminal complaint filed against the Director of a company under the Essential Commodities Act after opining that the complaint doesn’t show how or in what manner the accused were responsible/in-charge of the accused-company. The Bench of Justice Rajesh Sekhri observed that legal intention is
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