Supreme Court of India

West U.P. Sugar Mills Association & Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 9 S.C.R. 530
Bench Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 22 April 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the decision in Tika Ramji (supra) is not in conflict with the decision in U.P. Cooperative Cane Unions Federations (supra) and the decision in the latter case is not required to be revisited by a l arger Bench of seven Judges.

Judgment, page 61

From the headnote

U.P. Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply and Purchase) Act, 1953 – s.16 – Authority of State of U.P. to fix the State Advised Price (SAP) paid over and above the minimum price fixed by Central Government – Matter referred by three Judge Bench havin g noted conflict between two Constitution Bench judgments, Ch. Tika Ramji & Others, Etc. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Others [1956] SCR 393 and U.P. Cooperative Cane Unions Federations v. West U.P. Sugar Mills Association and Others (2004) 5 SCC 430 – Held: Factual matrix and the relevant provisions which fell for consideratio n in Tika Ramji and in

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