Appeal
Section 14 of the Spices Board Act, 1986 deals with appeal. Any person aggrieved by an order made under section 13 may prefer an appeal to the Central Government within such period as may be prescribed. The Act came into force on 26 Feb 1987.
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made under section 13 may prefer an appeal to the Central Government within such period as may be prescribed.
(2) No appeal shall be admitted if it is preferred after the expiry of the period prescribed therefor:
Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiry of the period prescribed therefor if the appellant satisfies the Central Government that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the prescribed period.
(3) Every appeal made under this section shall be made in such form and shall be accompanied by a copy of order appealed against and by such fees as may be prescribed.
(4) The procedure for disposing of an appeal shall be such as may be prescribed:
Provided that before disposing of an appeal, the appellant shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(5) The Central Government may confirm, modify or reverse the order appealed against.
Section 14, The Spices Board Act, 1986 (Act 10 of 1986).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Gautam Export Corporation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Exporter registration / Certificate of Registration as Exporter of Spices (CRES) under the Spices Board Act framework is grantable and renewable under the statutory certificate scheme. Where the appellate authority under the Act has restored the certificate after cancellation proceedings founded on European Commission Rapid Alert Notifications for Sudan-1 contaminants, a fresh grant/renewal of the registration certificate may validly carry quality-compliance warnings. Art.226 will not dilute such grant-coupled warnings when the export reputation interest and RAN material support the Board's caution.
On this section: NEW teaching fill on empty Spices Board s.14: statutory appeal can restore cancelled exporter certificate; Art.226 will not rewrite appellate restoration warnings.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Made under this section, and citing it
1 instrument names this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 14
What have the courts held on Section 14 of the Spices Board Act?
Gautam Export Corporation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. (05 Dec 2006) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: NEW teaching fill on empty Spices Board s.14: statutory appeal can restore cancelled exporter certificate; Art.226 will not rewrite appellate restoration warnings.
How do I find court cases under Section 14 of the Spices Board Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Spices Board Act 1986 14, section 14 Spices Board Act 1986, section 14 of the Spices Board Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Gautam Export Corporation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. (05 Dec 2006).
What should I read with Section 14 of the Spices Board Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 13 (Cancellation, suspension, etc., of certificate), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently The Spice Board Rules, 1987 (1987).
When did Section 14 of the Spices Board Act come into force?
Section 14 of the Spices Board Act, cited as Spices Board Act 1986 14, came into force on 26 Feb 1987, having been enacted on 20 Mar 1986. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 3. Constitution and incorporation of the Board419 words
- 19. Power of the Central Government to supersede the Board366 words
- 38. Power to make rules356 words
- 6. Transfer of assets and liabilities of the Cardamom Board and the Spices Export Promotion Council to the Board337 words
- 7. Functions of the Board334 words
- 2. Definitions317 words
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