Supreme Court of India

Harla v. The State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [1952] 1 S.C.R. 110
Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan and Vivian Bose JJ.
Decided 24 September 1951

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What the Court ordered

We hold that, in the absence of some specific law or custom · to the contrary, a mere resolution of a Council of Ministers in the Jaipur State without further publica- tion or promulgation would not be sufficient to make a law operative.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

in Criminal Reference No. 229 of Sambat 2005. . /. Umrigar for the appellant. . . Mathur for the respondent. I I ' S. ;R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS 111 1951. September 24. The Judgment of ·the f::onrt was delivered by BosE J.-The appellant was convicted · under sec- tion 7 of the Jaipur Opium Act and fined Rs. 50. The .case as such is trivial but the High Court of Rajasthan in Jaipur granted special leave to appeal as an important point touching the vires of the Act arises. We will state the facts chronologically. It is· conceded that the Rulers of Jaipur had full powers of government including

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