Entry 8 covers alcohol that could be used noxiously to the detriment of public health. This includes alcohol such as rectified spirit, ENA (extra neutral alcohol) and denatured spirit which are used ...
The question before the nine-judge Bench was whether States could regulate industrial alcohol/denatured spirits by way of Entry 8 of State list of the Constitution, which confers powers on the State ...
Dissenting from a majority verdict, Supreme Court’s Justice B V Nagarathna on Wednesday held that states lacked the legislative competence to regulate production, manufacture and supply of industrial ...