Supreme Court of India

Engineering Kamgar Union v. M/s. Electro Steels Castings Ltd. and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 301

Bench Y.K. Sabharwal and S.B. Sinha JJ.

Decided 16 April 2004

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we are of the opinion that there is no merit in these appeals which are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950-Article 254(2): State Act and Central Act enacted in terms of List Ill-Inconsistency between laws made by both the enactments-Applicability of Article 254(2)- Held: Article 254(2) is attracted when there exists direct conflict between two enactments-Conflict is direct not only in case where provisions of one Act have to be disobeyed if provisions of the other is followed and also where both laws lead to different legal results-Furthermore, subsequent State legislation having received President's assent would prevail over the Parliamentary Act and in absence, the

Authorities it was built on

1954 Zaverbhai Amaidas v. The State of Bombay cited by 34
1998 M.P. Shikshak Congress and Ors. v. R.P.F. Commissioner, Jabalpur and Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2012 Maa Vaishno Devi Mahila Mahavidyalaya v. State of U.P. & Ors. relied on
2019 Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (ahar) & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2015 Yogendra Kumar Jaiswal Etc. v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2012 Ayaaubkhan Noorkhan Pathan v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2023 Haji Abdul Gani Khan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned
2011 K.T. Plantation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. State of Karnataka mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 2 mentioned

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