Supreme Court of India

International Spirits and Wines Association of India v. State of Haryana and Others

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Reported as [2019] 3 S.C.R. 234
Bench Ranjan Gogoi, Na Vin Sinha and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 12 February 2019

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Haryana Liquor License Rules, 1970 : r. 24(i-eeee)(as amended) – L-1BF license to trade in for eign liquor – r . 24(i-eeee) pr oviding for a single L-1BF license for the entire State to deal in impor ted foreign liquor, bottled outside India and imported into the country in a bottled form (i.e. bottled in original), if ultra vires the pr ovisions of the 1914 Act – Held: r .24(i- eeee) is ultra vires the powers of the Financial Commissioner under the Act and is struck down – Financial Commissioner was not competent to amend the Rules with r egard to grant of number of licenses for the entir e

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