https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291511 The Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, was upheld only in part: it could validly regulate intoxicating liquors and suppress their noxious use, but it was ultra vires insofar as it restrained the legitimate possession, use and consumption of non-beverages and medicinal or toilet preparations containing alcohol. The Court also treated certain special exemptions for military and naval establishments as arbitrary under Article 14 and invalidated the notification enlarging the foreigner exemption. Restrictions on commendation, incitement, preventive detention, movement, residence and possession were struck down to the extent they infringed Articles 19(1)(a), (d), (f) and (g). The provisions enabling permits, varying conditions and exemptions were held to be impermissible delegation, but the invalid parts were severable and the remaining Act survived. en-us Tue, 22 Aug 1950 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:18:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291511 The Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, was upheld only in part: it could validly regulate intoxicating liquors and suppress their noxious use, but it was ultra vires insofar as it restrained the legitimate possession, use and consumption of non-beverages and medicinal or toilet preparations containing alcohol. The Court also treated certain special exemptions for military and naval establishments as arbitrary under Article 14 and invalidated the notification enlarging the foreigner exemption. Restrictions on commendation, incitement, preventive detention, movement, residence and possession were struck down to the extent they infringed Articles 19(1)(a), (d), (f) and (g). The provisions enabling permits, varying conditions and exemptions were held to be impermissible delegation, but the invalid parts were severable and the remaining Act survived. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Aug 1950 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291511