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The State of Bombay v. R. M. D. Chamarbaugwala

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Reported as [1957] 1 S.C.R. 874
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 9 April 1957

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we have come to the conclusion that the impugned law is a law with respect - to betting and gambling under Entry 34 and the impugned taxing section is a law with respect to tax on betting and gambling under Entry 62 and that it was within the legislative competence of the State Legislature to have enacted it.

Judgment, page 56

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 12 mentioned

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