Supreme Court of India

Geeta Enterprises and Others v. State of U.P. and Others

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Reported as [1983] 3 S.C.R. 812
Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali J.
Decided 5 September 1983

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the decision of the Allahabad High Court is'correci and we hereby over rule the decisions of the Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.

Judgment, page 10

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public exhibition which is squarely covered by the first limb (exhibitional) of the definition of entertainment in sub-sec. (3) of sec. 2. 817 · , - ] . . . Porritts & Spencer (Asia) Ltd. v. State of Haryana, [l979] l S. .R. 545; Stroud's Judicitil Dictionary (4th Edn; vol. 2. p. 916); Words and Phrases, Judi­ cially Defined (vol. 2, p. 206-207); Words and Phrases (Permanent Edn; vol. 14A, p. 353); Reader's Digest Family Word Finder at p. 264; Webster's Third New · International Dictionary; and Concise English Dictionary by Hayward and Sparkes, referred to. In the· present case by operating

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