Supreme Court of India

Vijay Kumar Sharma & Ors. Etc. v. State of Karnataka & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1990] 1 S.C.R. 614

Bench Ranganath Misra, P.B. Sawant and K. Ramaswamy JJ.

Decided 27 February 1990

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Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1976: ss. 14, & 20-Whether repugnant toss. 74 & 80, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-State Act whether impliedly repealed by Parliamentary Act-State Act whether hit by Article 254 of the Constitution. Constitution of India, Article 254: Repugnancy between the Parliamentary Act and the State Act in respect of matters in the Concur rent List, Seventh Schedule-When arises-Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1976-Whether repugnant to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Statutory interpretation-Doctrine of pith and substance or .domi nant

Authorities it was built on

1954 Zaverbhai Amaidas v. The State of Bombay cited by 34
1969 Harakchand Ratanchand Banthia and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 18
1989 Ratan Lal Adukia & Anr. v. Union of India cited by 8
1979 Justiniano Augusto De Piedada Barreto v. Antonio Vicente De Fonseca and Ors. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2014 The Security Association of India & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2025 M/s S.R.S. Travels by its Proprietor K.T. Rajashekar v. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Workers & Ors. referred to
2019 Ram Krishan Grover and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to
2017 M/s. Innoventive Industrles Ltd. v. Icici Bank & Anr. referred to
2011 K.T. Plantation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. State of Karnataka referred to

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