https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200389 The amended Rice Milling Industry (Regulation) Act validly covered rice hullers, as the expanded definitions of milling and polishing rice were read with the statute's object of regulating the industry, protecting hand-pounding activity, and improving quality and distribution. Sections 5 and 6 were upheld because the licensing scheme operated on detailed statutory guidelines, served public interest control, and did not confer arbitrary or uncanalised discretion. The classification between rice millers and rice hullers was also sustained, since both used power-driven processes and shared a rational functional basis linked to the Act's regulatory objectives. The constitutional challenges therefore failed. en-us Thu, 14 Sep 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:33:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200389 The amended Rice Milling Industry (Regulation) Act validly covered rice hullers, as the expanded definitions of milling and polishing rice were read with the statute's object of regulating the industry, protecting hand-pounding activity, and improving quality and distribution. Sections 5 and 6 were upheld because the licensing scheme operated on detailed statutory guidelines, served public interest control, and did not confer arbitrary or uncanalised discretion. The classification between rice millers and rice hullers was also sustained, since both used power-driven processes and shared a rational functional basis linked to the Act's regulatory objectives. The constitutional challenges therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Sep 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200389