Supreme Court of India

P.N. Krishna Lal and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Govt. of Kerala and Anr. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 526

Bench K. Ramaswamy and N. Venka Tachala JJ.

Decided 17 November 1994

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From the headnote

Kera/a Abkari Act I of 1077 as amended by Abkari (Amendment) Act 21of1984. Sections 57A and 57B-Adulteration of liquor or intoxicating drug with noxious substance-Provisions for prosecution of offenders and punishment-Held, valid , Constitution of India Articles 246 (3), 254 (2) Proviso, Seventh Schedule, List II, Entries 8, 64, 65-Legislature of State of Kera/a enacting Abkari (Amendment) Act 21 of 1984-Some provisions incidentally trenching into provisions of Evidence Act, !PC and Cr. P. -Held provisions of Amendment Act are valid and would prevail over relevant provisions of the Central

Authorities it was built on

1985 Gram Panchayat of Village, Jamalpur v. Malwinder Singh & Ors. cited by 18
1991 K. Vimala v. K. Veeraswamy cited by 17
1966 V. D. Jhangan v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 9
1991 A.s.krishna and Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Land Acquisition Officer (deputy Collector) Hyderabad cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2016 State of Hlmachal Pradesh v. Rajiv Jassi relied on
2013 State of Bihar and Others v. Nirmal Kumar Gupta relied on
2023 Sajeev v. State of Kerala referred to
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2015 Yogendra Kumar Jaiswal Etc. v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2015 Sher Singh @ Partapa v. State of Haryana referred to
2011 Chandran @ Manichan @ Maniyan v. State of Kerala referred to
2012 Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Narsinghpur v. M/s. Shiv Shakti Khansari Udyog and Others mentioned
2011 K.T. Plantation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. State of Karnataka mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 6 referred to · 2 mentioned

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