Supreme Court of India

The Belsund Sugar Co. Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. The State of Bihar and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 146

Bench Dr. A.S. Anand, S.B. Majmudar, Sujata V. Manohar, K. Venkataswami and V.N. Khare JJ.

Decided 10 August 1999

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid pronouncement of the Constitution Bench, therefore, it must be held that even if an agricultural produce initially is not grown in the market area and it is brought in manufactured form within the market area for sale, such sale transaction in connect.ion with such a produce would be covered by the sweep of the Market Act. 1.'he same view was taken H by two later judgments of this Court.

Judgment, page 83

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 : c Articles 19(/)(g) and 19(6)-Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, I 960-Providing for regulation of transactions of sale and purchase of agricultural produce in market areas-Held, is not unconstitutional. Seventh Schedule, List II, Entries 26 to 28-List III, Entries 33 and 47- List I, Entry 52- 'Markets and Fairs' and 'Trade and Commerce '-Market fee-Regulation of transactions of purchase and sale of agricultural produce within market area under the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960-Held, transactions of purchase of sugarcane by sugar factories are

Authorities it was built on

1981 Rameshchandra Kachardas Porwal & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. Etc. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2020 West U.P. Sugar Mills Association & Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. relied on
2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2024 State of U.P. & Ors v. M/s Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons referred to
2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc. referred to
2020 Pandurang Ganpati Chaugule v. Vishwasrao Patil Murgud Sahakari Bank Limited referred to
2019 G H Kanwar Pal Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Another referred to
2016 Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors referred to
2015 M/s Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd &anr. v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. referred to
2012 Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Narsinghpur v. M/s. Shiv Shakti Khansari Udyog and Others referred to
2021 Tate of Uttarakhand & Ors. v. Smt. Sureshwati mentioned
2007 Ghaziabad Zila Sahakari Bank Ltd. v. Addl. Labour Commissioner& Ors. mentioned
2003 Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. v. State of Bihar and Ors. mentioned
2002 I.T.C. Limited v. Agricultural Produce Market Committee and Ors. mentioned
2000 Edward Keventer Pvt. Limited v. Bihar State Agricultural Marketing Board and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 8 referred to · 5 mentioned

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