Supreme Court of India
Delhi Race Club Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the licence fee charged has a broad co relation with the object and purpose for which the Act and the 2001 Rules have been enacted. •.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
Mysore Race Courses Licensing Act, 1952 (as extended to the Union Territory of Delhi in 1984) - s. 11 - Horse racing - Licence fee leviab/e in terms of the 1985 Rules framed u/ s. 11 of the 1952 Act - Delegation of legislative power u/s. 11 of the 1952 Act - Challenged as unconstitutional and ultra vires for allegedly conferring unguided, uncontrolled and unfettered power on the Administrator to fix the licence fee - Held: Delegation of non-essential legislative function of fixation of rate of imposts is a necessity to meet the multifarious demands of a welfare state - Such delegation is
Authorities it was built on
- 2004 The State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Kesoram Industries Ltd. and Ors.
- 1960 The Hingir-rampur Coal Co., Ltd. and Others v. The State of Orissa and Others
- 1983 Sreenivasa General Traders & Ors. Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. Etc.
- 1973 Gwalior Rayon Silk Mfg. (wvg.) Co. Ltd. v. The Asstt. Commissioner of Sales Tax & Ors.
- 1979 Kewal Krishan Puri & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Others
- 1967 Devi Das Gopal Krishnan & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 1997 Vam Organic Chemicals Ltd. and Anr. v. U. P. Excise Act 1910
- 1999 Secunderabad Hyderabad Hotel Owners Association and Ors. v. Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad
- 1997 State of Tripura and Ors. v. Sudhir Ranjan Nath
- 1996 P. Kannadasan Etc. Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1969 Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. Ltd. v. Chief Commissioner, Delhi & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors v. Property Owners’ Association & Ors.
- 2017 State of Uttarakhand & Ors. v. M/s. Kumaon Stone Crusher
- 2015 M/s Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd &anr. v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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