Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 132 · Decided 16 August 1978
Sham Lal ETC. v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 132 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 159
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4154/1978
- 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 Punjab Excise Act 1914---Section 59(/)(v). Punjab Liquor licence Rules 1956 Rule 37-Efject of A1ne11d1nent by State of Haryana-Desirability of nlighbourif1g States to follow uniform policy in regard to prohibition. Rule 37 of the Punjab Llquor Licence Rules 1956 as amended by the Staie of 3hops. 'Tti.e petitioners assailed its validity. Dismissing the writ petitions : IIELD· : As Haryana and Punjab are neighbouring States, identical days ot teetotalism have to be declared in both States failing whiCh the exercise in prohi· bition will prove futile, at least in the
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