Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 903 · Decided 15 December 1995
M/S Khoday Distilleries LTD. ETC. v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 903 · [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 759
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4708/1989
- Decided
- 15 December 1995
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, K. RAMASWAMY, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19(1)(g)
Headnote
DISTILLERIES LTD. ETC. A v. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ORS. DECEMBER 15, 1995 [J.S. VERMA, K. RAMASWAMY AND SUJATA V. MANOHAR, JJ.} J3 Constitution pJ India, 1950 : Article 14. Excise Rules compelling manufacturers to sell liquor to specified. Government company only-Government company facing some in excise duty-No violation of article 14-Rules apply to all persons similarly situated-No discrimination in the traditional sense. Excise Laws : Kamataka Excise (Sale of Indian and Foreign Liquors) Rules, 1968: Rule 3 (H)--Distributor Licence-To be issued only to a State owned com­
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