https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175823 A State monopoly statute regulating tendu leaves was construed as confined to leaves grown or produced within the State, and not as a prohibition on importing tendu leaves purchased outside the State. The Court applied the settled rule that, where two constructions are possible, the one preserving constitutionality should be preferred. On that reading, the sale, pricing, purchase, registration and transport controls operated only within the monopoly framework for local produce, and no clear language authorised a ban on imported leaves or on their movement after entry into the State. en-us Fri, 10 Dec 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:37:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175823 A State monopoly statute regulating tendu leaves was construed as confined to leaves grown or produced within the State, and not as a prohibition on importing tendu leaves purchased outside the State. The Court applied the settled rule that, where two constructions are possible, the one preserving constitutionality should be preferred. On that reading, the sale, pricing, purchase, registration and transport controls operated only within the monopoly framework for local produce, and no clear language authorised a ban on imported leaves or on their movement after entry into the State. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Dec 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175823