Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 183 · Decided 23 August 1985
Man Singh and ORS. v. State of Punjab and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 183 · [1985] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 662
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5728/1982
- Decided
- 23 August 1985
- Bench
- V.D. TULZAPURKAR, R.S. PATHAK, SABYASACHI MUKHERJI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19(l)(g), 21, 19, 16
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950, Articles 14, 19(l)(g) & 21. Punjab Cycle Rickshaws (Regulation of licence) Act, 1976 Sections'3 & 5. ' Cycle Rickshaw - Licence - Grant of - Vehicle to be plied by owner himself - Whether - Valid - Constitutional. Statutory Interpretation. Validity of statute - Consider the degree of encroachment of citizen's right - Reason­ ableness can be determined on surrounding circumstances and contemporaneous legislation. ' The Petitioners in the Writ Petition ply cycle rickshaws which they hire for the day from the owners of those vehicles. They carry on
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