Nagendra Nath Bora & Another vs The Commissioner Of Hills Divisionand ... on 7 February, 1958
Ever since State of Bombay v. F.N .Balsara, AIR 1957 SC 218, and up-to-date the consistent principle laid down by a uniform catena of binding authority is to the effect that the State has power to prohibit trades which are illegal, immoral and injurious to the health and welfare of the public, that citizens cannot have any fundamental right to trade or carry on business of liquor, that the State has the exclusive right or privilege in the matter of manufacture, trade or business in liquor and that it is within the discretion, of the State to devise the manner in which it may farm out such rights to licensees vide Cooverjee B. Bhagucha v. Excise Commissioner and the ChieJ Commissioner, Ajmer and others, , The State of Assam v. A.N. Kidwai, Commissioner of Hills Division and Appeals, Shillong, ; R.M.D. Chamarbaugwalla and another v. Union of India, ; Nagendra Nath Bora and another v. Commissioner of Hills Division and Appeals, Assam and others, ; Nashirwar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, ; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Nandlal Jaiswal, ; Government of Andhra Pradesh v. M/s. Anabeshahi Wine and Distilleries Pvt., Ltd.,
; Doonagaji & Co. v. Slate of Madhya Pradesh and others, - M/s. Khoday Distilleries Ltd., case (supra).