https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169704 A restriction on bidi manufacture during the agricultural season was found unconstitutional because it lacked a reasonable nexus with the object of securing labour for agriculture. The Court held that the State could have adopted narrower measures, such as regulating agricultural labour or fixing working hours, instead of imposing a blanket prohibition that barred manufacture by all persons in notified villages, including those incapable of agricultural work. The measure was therefore excessive, arbitrary, and more drastic than necessary, and it could not be saved as a reasonable restriction under Article 19(6). The impugned provisions were struck down to the extent challenged as infringing Article 19(1)(g). en-us Wed, 08 Nov 1950 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:38:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169704 A restriction on bidi manufacture during the agricultural season was found unconstitutional because it lacked a reasonable nexus with the object of securing labour for agriculture. The Court held that the State could have adopted narrower measures, such as regulating agricultural labour or fixing working hours, instead of imposing a blanket prohibition that barred manufacture by all persons in notified villages, including those incapable of agricultural work. The measure was therefore excessive, arbitrary, and more drastic than necessary, and it could not be saved as a reasonable restriction under Article 19(6). The impugned provisions were struck down to the extent challenged as infringing Article 19(1)(g). Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Nov 1950 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169704