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Har Shankar & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. The Dy. Excise & Taxation Commr. & Ors.

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Reported as [1975] 3 S.C.R. 254
Decided 21 January 1975

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What the Court ordered

In the result, all the appeals stand dismissed but in view of the circumstance that observations in Krishna Kumar Narula's case may have led the appellants to embark upon this litigation, there will be no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 226-Petition under reciprocal righrs and obligatiol!S arising out of contract, if could be enforced. Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 226 and P1111jab Excise Act, 1914 and Punjab Liquor Licence Rules, 1956-Appellants applying for and accepting licences to vend foreign. liquor Appella11ts, if co11ld question tlze validity of Rules while a11empti111? to exploit lice11ces, Constit11tio11 of India, 1950, Art. 19(1) (g)·-Business i11 i11toxicants-~·Cirize11, if has a fundamental right to trade i11 i11toxicants-State, if has power to prohi· bit absolutely el'ery

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 followed · 9 referred to

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