Supreme Court of India

Kewal Krishan Puri & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Others

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 1217

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.

Decided 4 May 1979

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Marketing Development Fund constituted out of the Market fees cannot be expended for the purposes mentioned in second part of clause (v), clauses (x), (xi), second part of clause (xiii) and clause (xvii).

Judgment, page 39

Authorities it was built on

1954 Ratilal Panachand Gandhi v. The State of Bombay and Others cited by 32
1969 Pun.jab National Bank Limited v. Bikram Cotton Mills & Anr. cited by 9
1968 Nagar Mahapalika Varanasi v. Durga Das Bhattacharya & Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2019 Huda v. Vidya Chetal followed
2025 M.S. Sanjay v. Indian Bank & Ors. referred to
2024 Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2017 Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. & Another v. State of Bihar & Others referred to
2016 Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors referred to
2012 Delhi Race Club Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2012 Bangalore Development Authority v. The Air Craft Employees Cooperative Society Ltd. and Others referred to

Of those, 1 followed · 6 referred to

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