Supreme Court of India

Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1953] 1 S.C.R. 319
Bench Patanjali Sastri C, Mukherjea, Ohandrasekhara Aiyar, Vivian Bose and Ghulam Hasan JJ.
Decided 5 December 1952

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East Punjab Cotton Cloth and Yarn Order, 1947-Provincial law prohibiting export of essential cr:rmrnodity without perrnit­ Validity-Essential Supplies (Teniporary Powers) Act, 1946, ss. 3 and 4-" ':Trade and Cornrnerce ", rneaninr; of-Whether include export-Constrnction of statutes-Acts rnust be construed as a whole. Section 3 of the Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946, which was passed by the Indian Legislature in 1946 em­ powered the Central Government by notified order to provide for regulating and prohibiting the production, supply and distribution of any essential commodity

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