Doctrine of Occupied Field
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....nbsp;Occupied Field has been explained in a Constitution Bench Decision of the Fatehchand Himmatlal & Others Versus State Of Maharashtra Etc. - [1977 (1) TMI 162 - Supreme Court] in the following words: "62. In the Canadian Constitution, the question of conflict and coincidence in the domain in which provincial and Dominion legislation overlap has been considered. If both may overlap a....
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.... to both. Where both can coexist peacefully, both reap their respective harvests (Please see: Canadian Constitutional Law by Laskin pp. 52 54, 1951 Edn). We may sum up the legal position to the extent necessary for our case. Where Parliament has made a law under Entry 52 of List I and in the course of it framed incidental provisions affecting gold loans and moneylending business involving gold o....