1993 (3) TMI 351

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....B. Misra For The Respondents : Ms. Shalmi Soni, Mrs. P.S. Shroff JUDGMENT : The following Order of the Court was delivered: Heard counsel for the petitioners as well as the counsel for the respondents. We see no reason to entertain this special leave petition. It is established by the decision of this Court in Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors., [1990] 1 S....

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.... in this case has merely reiterated the said principles. It has held "that the Central Government has the exclusive power to grant a licence for the the manufacture of Industrial Alcohol. It is not necessary for the petitioner to obtain a PD-2 licence from the Excise Commissioner, U.P., Allahabad before starting its distillery for the manufacture of Industrial Alcohol. The provisions in the U.P. E....

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.... enunciated by this Court in the decision afore-cited. Mr. Salve, learned counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh submitted that before manufacturing industrial alcohol, the Respondent-company has to manufacture rectified spirit and that rectified spirit can be coverted into potable liquor by merely adding water. May be so. The observations made by the High Court and the law laid down by this Court....