KRISHI UPAJ MANDI SAMITI, NARSINGHPUR vs M/S. SHIV SHAKTI KHANSARI UDYOG .

The Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Krishi Upaj Mandi Adhiniyam, 1972, specifically Section 19, do apply to the purchase of sugarcane by factories, allowing Market Committees to levy market fees. The Court clarified that the Market Act and the Madhya Pradesh Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply and Purchase) Act, 1958, operate in different fields, thus upholding the applicability of the Market Act. The judgment reversed the High Court's decision that deemed the Sugarcane Act as a special legislation exempting the market fee requirement.