Power of Authority to make regulations
Section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007 deals with power of Authority to make regulations. The Authority may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, and in consultation with the Warehousing Advisory Committee, by notification, make regulations consistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Act came into force on 25 Oct 2010.
(1) The Authority may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, and in consultation with the Warehousing Advisory Committee, by notification, make regulations consistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--
(a) the matters regulating the authorities of accreditation agencies under sub-section (2) of section 3;
(b) the form and manner and the period for which a warehouseman shall keep the records and accounts of the warehousing business under sub-section (2) of section 8;
(c) the manner of disposal of goods or any part thereof and the keeping of sale proceeds in an escrow account by the warehouseman under sub-section (7) of section 9;
(d) the mode of sale under sub-section (10) of section 10;
(e) the manner of issuance of duplicate warehouse receipt under the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 23;
(f) the time and places of meetings of the Authority and the procedure to be followed at such meetings including the quorum necessary for the transaction of business under sub-section (1) of section 31;
(g) the terms and conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Authority under sub-section (2) of section 33;
(h) the registration and functioning of accreditation agencies, renewal, modification, withdrawal, suspension or cancellation of such registration and the code of conduct for officials of accreditation agencies for accreditation of the warehouses under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 35;
(i) the standards for approval of certifying agencies for grading of goods under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 35;
(j) the rate of fees and other charges to be levied for carrying out the provisions of this Act under clause (h) of sub-section (2) of section 35;
(k) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, specified by regulations or in respect of which provision is to be or may be made by regulations.
Section 51, The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007 (Act 37 of 2007).
Cross-references
Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.
This section refers to
- s. 3 Requirement of registration for warehouses issuing negotiable warehouse receipts
- s. 8 Duties of warehouseman to keep records and accounts of warehouse business
- s. 9 Special powers of warehouseman to deal with perishable and hazardous goods
- s. 10 Lien of warehouseman on goods
- s. 23 Issue of duplicate receipt
- s. 31 Meetings of Authority
- s. 33 Officers and employees of Authority
- s. 35 Powers and functions of Authority
Referred to by 2
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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H.K. Dabas v. Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Delhi HC held WDRA, a statutory Authority under the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007, must compute deputationist seniority per its own Conditions of Service Regulations framed under the Act (ss.33/51), including deputation service; impugned seniority fixation excluding deputation tenure quashed and WDRA directed to re-fix seniority and consider promotion eligibility. DATE VERIFIED Judgment/Final Order 20.10.2023 (order-7.pdf).
On this section: s.51 Power of Authority to make regulations — service regulations under s.51 bind WDRA on officer seniority; DoPT OM cannot displace clear statutory regulations.
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
5 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
- Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 - dt 5.11.2021Regulation 2021
- Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019Regulation 2019
- WDRA (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018.Regulation 2018
- WDRA(Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipts) Regulations, 2017Regulation 2017
- WDRA Meetings Regulations, 2012Regulation 2012
Questions about Section 51
What have the courts held on Section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act?
H.K. Dabas v. Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (20 Oct 2023) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: s.51 Power of Authority to make regulations — service regulations under s.51 bind WDRA on officer seniority; DoPT OM cannot displace clear statutory regulations.
How do I find court cases under Section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) 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: Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act 51, section 51 Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) 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 H.K. Dabas v. Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (20 Oct 2023).
What should I read with Section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 3 (Requirement of registration for warehouses issuing negotiable warehouse receipts), section 8 (Duties of warehouseman to keep records and accounts of warehouse business), section 9 (Special powers of warehouseman to deal with perishable and hazardous goods), section 10 (Lien of warehouseman on goods), and on 4 further provisions, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 5: most recently Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 - dt 5.11.2021 (2021), then Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (2019), and 3 more.
When did Section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act come into force?
Section 51 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, cited as Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act 51, came into force on 25 Oct 2010, having been enacted on 19 Sep 2007. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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