Supreme Court of India

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Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and B.N. Kirpal JJ.
Decided 11 November 1998

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Act by which the national and festival holidays have been Increased is fully constitutional ana does not, in any way, infringe the right of the appellants to carry on their trade or business under Article 19(1 ) (g ).

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T S. SAGHIR AHMAD, J. The classic Judgment of Patanjali Sastri, .J. "in State of Madras vs. V. . Row. 1952 SCR 597 = AIR 1952 SC 196, has again to be referred to and relied upon in this case to settle the controversy regarding the constitutional validity of the Kerala Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (for short, ’the Amending Act’.) which has already been upheld by a Single Judge, and in appeal, by the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court.

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