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2024 Supreme(SC) 965

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY, ABHAY S. OKA, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA, UJJAL BHUYAN, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, B. V. NAGARATHNA
State of U. P. – Appellant
Versus
Lalta Prasad Vaish – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.. Mr. Arvind P Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Dr. Sukhdev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Prateek Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Azeem A. Dost, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh Jangra, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Krishnam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv. Mr. Nishant Singh, Adv. Mr. Varun Bhadana, Adv. Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv. Mr. Amit Ojha, Adv. Mr. Azeem A Dost, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Kumar Bidhuri, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Prashant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Pati Raj Yadav, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Mr. Harsher Sunder, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Rao Vishwaja, Adv. Mr. Rahul Narang, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, AOR Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR
For the Respondent(s):Mr. R Venkatramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mrs. Ameyvikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehra, Solicitor General Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Omar Ahmad, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Gaur, Adv. Mr. Vikram Shah, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. Mr. Pratibhanu Kharola, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivstava, Adv. Ms. Astha Singh, Adv. Mr. Tuhin Dey, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Shankar Dixit, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Praveen Kumar, AOR Ms. Sunaina Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Abhigya Kushwah, Adv. Mrs. Sunita Yadav, Adv. Mr. Vineeth S., Adv. Mr. Ravindra Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Rajkumar Murarka, Adv. Mr. Rohan Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Shrivastava, Adv. Mrs. Shubhangini Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Raghavendra M. Bajaj, Adv. Mrs. Garima Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Mr. S. Mahesh Sahasranaman, Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, Adv. Mr. Saif Zia, Adv. Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Adv. Mr. Sahib Kochar, Adv. Ms. Ritika Kohli, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Dutta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Shighra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bhishm Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Devansh Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv. Ms. Subasri Jaganathan, Adv. Mr. Aakash Bajaj, Adv. Mrs. Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Avirat Kumar, Adv. Ms. Nandita Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev K.kapoor, Adv. Ms. Tijil Thakur, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Arav Pandit, Adv. Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Adv. Ms. Dhanakshi Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Sahib Kochhar, Adv. Mr. Ankit Khera, Adv. Ms. Shreya Arora, Adv. Mr. M. P. Vinod, AOR Mr. S. Nandakumar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Deepika Nandakumar, Adv. Mr. Niraj Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aakash Elango, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mrs. Nanita Sharma, AOR Mr. Dhruv Agrawal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv. Ms. Upasna Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Vanya Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Krishnamohan K., AOR Ms. Dania Nayyar, Adv. Mr. Praveen Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. J.S.Attri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vikas Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Ms. Neetu Rawat, Adv. Mr. Manan Verma, AOR Ms. Madhur Panjwani, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Hatwal, Adv. Dr. Charu Mathur, Adv. Mr. B.S Rajesh Agrajit, Adv. Mr. Vishal Meghwal, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Chand, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Ojha, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Rana, Adv. Ms. Priya Nagar, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Tharanisri, Adv. Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. R. Rajaselvan, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Arav Pandit, Adv. Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Adv. Ms. Dhanakshi Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Sahib Kochhar, Adv. Mr. Ankit Khera, Adv. Ms. Shreya Arora, Adv. Mr. Tushar Jarwal, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sateeja, Adv. Mr. Vikrant A Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Praveen Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Saurabh Singh, Adv. Mr. K N Balgopal, Adv. Gen/Sr. Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate General/Sr. Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Tharanisri, Adv. Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv. Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Ms. Bahuli Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishwar Singh, Adv. Mr. Suyash Vyas, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Amrita Jhamb, Adv. Mr. Shubham Janghu, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Singh, Adv. Mr. Yoshit Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Singh, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv. Ms. Smriti Razdan, Adv. Mr. Mirza Kayesh Begg, Adv. Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. K.P. Jayaram, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Tomar,, Adv. Mr. Argha Roy, Adv. Ms. Ojaswini Gupta,, Adv. Ms. Ruby, Adv. Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, AOR Mr. Siddhant Buxy, Adv. Mr. Navneet Dogra, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Ms. Bahuli Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishwar Singh, Adv. Mr. Suyash Vyas, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Amrita Jhamb, Adv. Mr. Shubham Janghu, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Singh, Adv. Mr. Yoshit Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Agrawal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv. Ms. Upasna Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Vanya Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Amish Tandon, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Bansal, Adv. Ms. Ria Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Charchika Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Dora, Adv. Ms. Vaishnavi, Adv. Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mrs. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Ms. Tayade Pranali Gowardhan, Adv. Mr. Aniket Singh, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Mr. Ridhi Bose, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mrs. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Kuldeep Parihar, D.A.G. Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Srujana Suman Mund, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Mr. Ridhi Boos, Adv. Mr. Ridhi Bose, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI

Table of Contents

A. Background

i. Relevant constitutional provisions

ii. The judgment in Synthetics (7J)

iii. The aftermath of Synthetics (7J)

iv. The Reference Order(s)

B. Submission

i. Appellants’ submissions

ii. Respondent’s submissions

C. The distinction between potable and non-potable alcohol

D. Issues

E. Analysis

i. The constitutional distribution of legislative power

ii. Scheme of legislative entries

iii. The field covered by Entry 52 of List I and Entry 8 of List II

a. The scope of Entry 8

I. The meaning of ‘that is to say’

II. Product or industry based entry

b. Scope of Entry 52 of List I: the absence of “to the extent to which” 57

c. Reconciling the potential overlap between Entry 52 of List I and Entry 8 of List II 63

iv. Scope of Entry 8: Meaning of ‘intoxicating liquor’

a. Precedent on the interpretation of ‘intoxicating liquor’: exploring FN Balsara and Southern Pharmaceuticals

b. The legal import of ‘intoxicating liquor’

c. Evolution of the legislative lists on ‘intoxicating liquor’

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