Supreme Court of India
Behram Khurshed Pesikaka v. The State of Bombay.
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What the Court ordered
In the result this Court declared certain provisions 0£ the Act invalid.
Judgment, page 48
From the headnote
Constitution of India, Arts. 13 and 141-Statute declared unconstitutional-Effect of-Declaration in Balsara's case-Effect of-If the decision throws onus on the accused-Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (Bombay Act XXV of 1949), ss. 2 (24), 13 (b), 66 (b). Held (Per MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN . J., MuKHERJEA, VIVIAN .; EosE and GHULAM HASAN JJ. S. R. DAs J. dissenting) that the effect of the declaration in the case of The State of Bombt>y and Another v. .…
Where later benches applied it
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- 2023 Association of Vasanth Apartments’ Owners v. V. Gopinath & Ors
- 2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2026 Manoj Goyal v. Rajasthan High Court,
- 2025 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Raj Kumar Arora & Ors.
- 2023 Cbi v. R.R. Kishore
- 2020 Kantaru Rajeevaru v. Indian Young Lawyers Association Thr.its General Secretary Ms. Bhakti Pasrija and Ors.
- 2019 Chandana Das(malakar) v. The State of West Bengal and Others
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2013 The Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation v. Subhash Sindhi Cooperative Housing Society Jaipur & Ors,
- 2011 State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. v. K. Shyam Sunder & Ors.
- 2010 K.K. Poonacha v. State of Karnataka and Others
- 2005 Commissioner of Sales Tax, U.P. v. M/s Swadeshi Polytax Ltd., Ghaziabad
- 2001 M/s. Somaiya Organics (india) Ltd. v. State of Utt Ar Pradesh and Anr.
- 1991 East India Corporation Ltd v. Shree Meenakshi Mills Ltd.
- 1991 Orissa Cement Ltd and Ors. Etc. Etc v. State of Orissa and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1990 Vijayee Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 1987 Gaya Prasad v. Surendra Bahadur Singh, (dead) by L.rs. & Ors.
- 1980 Raghblr Singh Gill v. Gurcharan Singh Tohra & Ors.
- 1980 Shah Gumman Mal v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1974 The State of Gujarat and Another v. Shri Ambica Mills Ltd., Ahmedabad, Etc.
- 1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- 1972 Hari Singh and Ors. v. The Military Estate Officer and Anr.
- 1971 Jagannath Etc. Etc. v. Authorised Officer, Land Reforms & Ors. Etc.
- 1962 Mahendra Lal Jaini v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
- 1959 Deep Chand v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
- 1958 Basheshar Nath v. The Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi & Rajasthan & Another.
- 1958 M. P. V. Sundararamier & Co. v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Another
- 1955 Bhikaji Narain Dhakras and Others v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another.
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