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I.T.C. Limited v. Agricultural Produce Market Committee and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 441
Bench S.P. Bharucha, G.B. Pattanaik, Y.K. Sabharwal, Ruma Pal and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 24 January 2002

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Tobacco Board Act and the Agricultural Produce Markets Act, collide with each other and cannot be allowed to be operated simultaneously.

Judgment, page 143

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 246 and 254-Seventh Schedule -List /, Entries 7, 48 and 52-List /1, Entries 24, 28 and 66-List Ill, Entry 33: Tobacco Industry-Power to legislate in respect of-Tobacco Board Act, 1975-JTC Ltd. v. State of Karnataka, [1985) Supp. 1 SCR 145 holding that once in the public interest Tobacco industry, was declared as industry under Entry 52 of-List I of Vl/ Schedule of Constitution of India, the State Legislatures cea;ed to be competent to legislate on the subject-Held : not correctly decided Expression "industry "-Scope of-Held, it has to be given a restricted

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 followed · 7 referred to · 1 mentioned

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