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PETITIONER: ZAVERBHAI AMAIDAS
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/10/1954
BENCH: AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA BENCH: AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. JAGANNADHADAS, B.
CITATION: 1954 AIR 752 1955 SCR 799 CITATOR INFO : RF 1956 SC 676 (39) F 1957 SC 458 (20) R 1959 SC 648 (29) RF 1967 SC1091 (11) R 1979 SC 898 (28) F 1983 SC 150 (16) R 1983 SC1019 (66) R 1985 SC1729 (10) R 1987 SC1837 (33,35) R 1988 SC1708 (24) R 1990 SC 104 (11) F 1990 SC 548 (14) RF 1990 SC2072 (14,46)
ACT: Constitution of India, Art. 254(2), Government of India Act, 1935, s. 107(2)-Principle embodied therein--Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act (XXIV of 1946) s. 7 as amended by Act LII of 1950-Bombay Act XXXVI of 1947-S. 2- Subject matter of legislation identical-Repugnancy-Repeal by necessary intendment.
HEADNOTE: Article 254(2) of the Constitution is, in substance, a reproduction of s. 107(2) of the Government of India Act, 1935, the concluding portion whereof is incorporated in a proviso with further additions. The principle embodied therein is that when there is legislation covering the same ground both by the Centre and by the State, both of them being competent to enact the same, t...