https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289501 The SC construed Section 3(1) of the Madras Essential Articles Control and Requisitioning (Temporary Powers) Act, 1949 as wide enough to regulate the supply, distribution and pricing of essential articles, including electrical energy supplied by the State itself, and held that this power extended to enhancing tariff rates by notified order. The Court further held that the tariff revision was a law for Article 19 purposes and was justified in public interest because the earlier tariff had become uneconomic and the revised rates were not shown to be excessive or unreasonable. The Article 14 challenge also failed because no clear material established discrimination or irrational classification among consumers. en-us Wed, 25 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289501 The SC construed Section 3(1) of the Madras Essential Articles Control and Requisitioning (Temporary Powers) Act, 1949 as wide enough to regulate the supply, distribution and pricing of essential articles, including electrical energy supplied by the State itself, and held that this power extended to enhancing tariff rates by notified order. The Court further held that the tariff revision was a law for Article 19 purposes and was justified in public interest because the earlier tariff had become uneconomic and the revised rates were not shown to be excessive or unreasonable. The Article 14 challenge also failed because no clear material established discrimination or irrational classification among consumers. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 25 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289501