Supreme Court of India

Manohar Lal v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 343
Bench Syed Jaffer Imam J.
Decided 11 November 1960

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Trade Employees-Close day-Enactment, if violative of funila­ mental rights-Workers' Welfare-Protection-Restriction, if im­ reasonable-Punjab Trade Employees Act, z940, (Punj. X of z940) s. 7 (I) The appellant who was a shopkeeper was convicted for the second time by the Additional District Magistrate for contraven­ ing the provisions of s. 7(1) of the Punjab Trade Employees Act, 1940, under which he was required to keep his shop closed on the day which he had himself chosen as a "close day ''. He raised the plea that the Act did not apply to his shop as he did not employ any-stranger but that

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