Supreme Court of India

Cooverjee B. Bharucha v. The Excise Commissioner and the Chief Commissioner, Ajmer, and Others.

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Reported as [1954] 1 S.C.R. 873
Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan. C, Mukherjea, Vivian Bose, Ghulam Hasan and Jagannadhadas JJ.
Decided 13 January 1954

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Constitution of India, art. 19 (1) (g)-Excise Regulation I of 1915-Whether ultra vires art. 19 (J) (g)-Reasonable restrictions under art. 19 (6)-Charge of fee-Whether in the nature of tax. Held, (i) that with reference to Excise Regulation I of 1915 for the purpose of determining reasonable restrictions within the meaning of art. 19 ( 6) of the Constitution, on the right given un<lrr cl. 19 ( 1) (g) regard must be had to the nature of the business and the conditions prevailing in a particular trade and no hard and fast rules concerning all trades can be laid down. The State has the power to

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