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State of U.P. & Ors v. M/s Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons

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Reported as [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1931
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay S Oka, B.V. Nagarathna, J B Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 23 October 2024

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, I am of the view that although the judgment in Synthetics and Chemicals (7J) calls for only a clarification, it does not require any overruling.

Judgment, page 245

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The issues which arise for adjudication in this reference pertain to the scope of the power of the State Legislatures under Entry 8 and the meaning of the phrase “intoxicating liquor”. The question is whether “intoxicating liquor” in Entry 8 only includes potable alcohol, such as alcoholic beverages or also includes alcohol which is used in the production of other products; whether Entry 52 of List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution overrides Entry 8 of List II; whether the expression ‘intoxicating liquors’ in Entry 8 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to

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