Regulating Industrial Alcohol: Arguments Matrix
State’s power to regulate industrial alcoholJudges: D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Hrishikesh Roy J, A.S. Oka J, B.V. Nagarathna J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Manoj Misra J, Ujjal Bhuyan J, S.C. Sharma J, A.G. Masih J
In April 2024, a nine-judge Bench heard arguments on whether the Union or state governments had the power to regulate industrial alcohol. The argument matrix breaks down six days of arguments on key issues.
Arguments Matrix
For reference:
- Entry 52 of Union List: Industries, the control of which by the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest.
- Entry 8 of State List: Intoxicating liquors, that is to say, the production, manufacture, possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors.
- Entry 33 of Concurrent List:Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply and distribution of,—(a) the products of any industry where the control of such industry by the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest, and imported goods of the same kind as such products;(b) foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils;
(c) cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates;
(d) raw cotton, whether ginned or unginned, and cotton seed; and
(e) raw jute.
