Supreme Court of India

B. Viswanathiah and Company and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.

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Reported as [1991] 1 S.C.R. 305
Bench S. Ranganathan, Kuldip Singh and B N.M. Kasliwal JJ.
Decided 11 February 1991

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is unnecessary, for the purposes of the present case, to consider the contentions raised in the I. T. C. case (supra).

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Seventh Schedule-List I Entry 7,52/ List II Entry 24/27/List III, Entry 33-Declaration of artain industry to be within the purview of Parliamentary legislation-Raw materials, • production, and distribution of the products thereof-Legislation- c -/ Competence of State Legislature. Mysore Silkworm Seed and Cocoon (Regulation of Production, ___,,, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1959: Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10- Enactment of-Competence of State Legislature in the context of Cent- ral Act-Whether repugnant to the provisions of Central Silk Boards Act, 1948. The Mysore

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Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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