Supreme Court of India

Anuj Garg & Ors. v. Hotel Association of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 12 S.C.R. 991

Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.

Decided 6 December 2007

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Constitution of India, 1950; Articles 14, 15, 16, 19(1)(g) and 3721 Punjab Excise Act, 1914; S.30: Right to employment-Prohibition in employment--S.30 of the c Act prohibiting employment of men under 25 years of age and women in any premises where liquor/intoxicating drug is being served Constitutionality of-Held: High Court rightly held s.30 of the Act ultra viresArticles 14, 15and19(1)(g) of the Constitution-1914 Act is a pre-constitutional legislation-Changed social psyche and . expectations with time are important factors to be considered in the upkeep of law-When the Act was enacted,

Authorities it was built on

1981 Air Indja Etc. Etc. v. Nergesh Meerza & Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 22

Where later benches applied it

2022 Hotel Priya, A Proprietorship v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. relied on
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. relied on
2019 Vinod Kumar v. Ashok Kumar Gandhi relied on
2018 Joseph Shine v. Union of India relied on
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2014 National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and Others relied on
2024 State of Andhra Pradesh and Others v. Dr. Rao, V.B.J. Chelikani and Others referred to
2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2024 Society for Enlightenment and Voluntary Action & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Films India Private Limited & Ors. referred to
2023 Association of Old Settlers of Sikkim and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2021 Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal & Anr. v. The Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 Lt. Col. Nitisha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2017 Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others referred to
2017 Binoy Viswam v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Suresh Kumar Koushal and Another v. Naz Foundation and Others mentioned
2013 State of Maharashtra & Anr. v. Indian Hotel & Restaurants Assn. & Ors mentioned

Of those, 6 relied on · 13 referred to · 2 mentioned

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