Supreme Court of India

M/s. Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd v. State of U.P. and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 10 S.C.R. 245

Bench C.K. Thakker and Al Tamas Kabir JJ.

Decided 24 September 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, in our opinion, the appeal deserves to be allowed and the order of the High Court deserves to be set aside.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Adhiniyam, 1964-ss. 3 & 22- Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Niyamavali, 1974-r.14-UP. Molasses Advisory Committee Rules, 1965-rr. 3 and 11: c Directive issued by Respondents under the Adhiniyam to sugar mills to reserve 20% of the molasses produced by them for supply to distilleries manufacturing country liquor-Applicability of-Held, not applicable in case of sugar mills not having 'balance stock' of molasses i.e. molasses in excess of and not used for captive consumption -- _i, Respondents having no right to compel such sugar mills to supply 20% molasses for

Authorities it was built on

1951 Commissioner of Police, Bombay v. Gordhandas Bhanji cited by 51
1997 Commissioner of Income Tax v. M/s. Alcock Ashdown and Co. Ltd. Etc cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2022 The State of Jammu & Kashmir (now U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir) & Ors. v. Shubam Sangra relied on
2022 Barun Chandra Thakur v. Master Bholu & Anr. relied on
2013 Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2023 Orissa Administrative Tribunal Bar Association v. Union of India & Others referred to
2019 K. Sashidhar v. Indian Overseas Bank & Ors. referred to
2016 Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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