High Court sets aside Rs.1 lakh fine on LPG distributor, finds Collector lacked jurisdiction
The High Court of Chhattisgarh has quashed an order by the Collector of Rajnandgaon that imposed a Rs.1,00,000 fine on a local LPG distributor for allegedly charging above the notified price. The bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Judge Rakesh Mohan Pandey held that the Collector had no power under the Liquefied Petroleum Gas…