Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 133 · Decided 16 August 1978
Lakshmi Narain and Others v. District Excise Officer, Fatehpur & Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 133 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 161
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 966/1978
- Decided
- 16 August 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
Headnote
B U.11. Excise Act-Section 4l(e)(v) & (J.P. Excise Rules-Rule 138-Valid and riot u11coustitutio11al. Co11sit11tio11 of India 1950-Article 32-Petition under-Petitioners partici­ pati1u~ in an auction with full knowledge of conditions if could object to condition. Section 41(e) (v) of the Commissioner to make rules fixing the days and hours during which licensed premises n1ay be kept open or closed. The petitioners who were licensees in sale of liquor challenged the validity of the rule. Dismissing the writ petitions, HELD~ 1. As the provisions of Rule 13B of the U.P. Excise
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