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 TABLEOFCONTENTS

Sl
.
no Ti
tl
e Page
no.
1 I
NDEXOFAUTHORI
TIES 3
2 LI
STOFABBREVATI
ONS 4
3 SUMMARYOFFACTS 5
4 STATEMENTOFJURI
SDI
CTI
ON 7
5 STATEMENTOFI
SSUES 8
6 SUMMARYOFAGRUMENTS 9
7 ARGUMENTSADVANCED 1
1

[
1]WHETHERTHEPI
LFI
LEDBYTHERETAI
LERSASSOCI
ATI
ON
OFI
NDUSUNDERARTI
CLE32OFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ONOFTHE
I
NDUSI
SMAI
NTANABLE?

1
.1

1
.2Whet
hert
hepr
esentwr
itpet
it
ionhasbeenf
il
edpr
emat
urel
y.

1
.3Al
ter
nat
iv
eremedyhasnotbeenexhaus
ted.

1
.4Vi
ol
ati
onofDoct
ri
neofSepar
ati
onofPower
s.

[
2]WHETHER THE LOCKDOWN I
MPOSED BY THE UNI
ON OF
I
NDUSVI
OLATESPART-
IIOFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ONOFI
NDUS?

2.
1Ther
egul
ati
oni
ssuedofi
mpos
ingal
ockdowni
snotar
bit
rar
y.

2
 2.
2Ther
egul
ati
onhasbeenf
ramedbas
edont
heRul
eofReas
on.

2.3Whethert
her
egul
ati
oni
ssuedofi
mpos
ingl
ockdownv
iol
atesAr
t.
19(1
)(d)
.

2.
4 Whet
hert
he r
egul
ati
oni
ssued ofi
mpos
ing l
ockdownv
iol
ates
Ar
t.
19(
1)(
g).

2.
5Whet
hert
her
egul
ati
onofi
mpos
ingl
ockdownv
iol
atesAr
ti
cl
e21
.

[
3]WHETHER THE REGULATI
ON I
SSUED BY THE STTE OF
MAHANADUI
SUNCONSTI
TUTI
ONALAND ULTRAVI
RESTO THE
EPI
DEMI
CACT,
1897?

8 PRAYER

3
 I
NDEXOFAUTHORI
TIES

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.No. Cas
eti
tl
e Ci
tat
ion Appear
s
onpages

6
7

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0

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1

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2

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3

1
4

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5

1
6

1
7

1
8

1
9

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21

22

23

24

25

BOOKSANDREFERENCES

5
01
.

02.

03.

04.

05.

ARTI
CLESANDJOURNALS

01
.

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

LI
STOFABBREVATI
ON

1
. &:
And

2.AI
R:Al
lI
ndi
aRepor
t

3.Ar
t:Ar
ti
cl
e

4.Hon’
bl
e:Honour
abl
e

5.J:
Jus
tice

6.NGO:
NonGov
ernment
alOr
gani
zat
ion

6
7.I
PC:
IndusPenal
Code

8.PI
L:Publ
i
cInt
eres
tLi
ti
gat
ion

9.HLR:
Har
war
dLawRev
iew.

1
0.Or
s:Ot
her
s

1
1.Sec:
Sect
ion

1
2.P:
PageNumber

1
3.SC:
Supr
emeCour
t

1
4.SCC:
Supr
emeCour
tCas
es

1
5.SCR:
Supr
emeCour
tRepor
t

1
6.UOI
:Uni
onOfI
ndus

1
7.Vol
:Vol
ume

1
8.V:
Ver
sus

1
9.VS:
Ver
sus

20.
WP:
Wri
tPet
it
ion.

7
SUMMARYOFFACTS

8
 STATEMENTOFJURI
SDI
CTI
ON

I
ti
shumbl
ysubmi
tt
edt
hatt
hePet
it
ioner
sappr
oachedt
hisHon’
bl
eSupr
emeCour
tof
I
ndusasi
ti
scompet
entt
oheart
hepet
it
ionunderAr
t.
32oft
heCons
tit
uti
onofI
ndus
.As
t
hemat
teri
nvol
vesv
iol
ati
onoff
undament
alr
ight
spr
ovi
dedunderPar
t-I
I
Ioft
he
Cons
tit
uti
onofI
ndus
.Thepet
it
ioner
shumbl
ysubmi
tbef
oret
heJur
isdi
cti
onoft
heHon’
bl
e
Supr
emeCour
tandacceptt
hati
thaspowerandaut
hor
it
ytopr
esi
deov
ert
hepr
esent
cas
e.

Thepr
esentmemor
andums
etsf
ort
hthef
act
s,cont
ent
ionandar
gument
s.

9
 I
SSUESFORCONSI
DERATI
ON

1
. Whet
hert
hePI
Lfi
l
edbyt
heRet
ail
ersAs
soci
ati
onofI
ndusunderAr
ti
cl
e.
32oft
he
Cons
tit
uti
onoft
heI
ndusi
smai
ntai
nabl
e?

2.Whet
hert
heLockdowni
mpos
edbyt
heUni
onOfI
ndusv
iol
atesPar
t-I
I
Ioft
he
Cons
tit
uti
onofI
ndus
?

1
0
 3.Whet
hert
heRegul
ati
onsi
ssuedbyt
heSt
ateofMahanadui
suncons
tit
uti
onal
and
ul
tr
avi
rest
otheEpi
demi
cAct
,1897?

SUMMARYOFARGUMENTS

[
1]WHETHERTHEPI
LFI
LEDBYTHERETAI
LERSASSOCI
ATI
ONOFI
NDUSUNDER
ARTI
CLE32OFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ONOFTHEI
NDUSI
SMAI
NTANABLE?

I
ti
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nabl
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heAr
ti
cl
e32of
t
heCons
tit
uti
onofI
ndus
.

[
2]WHETHER THELOCKDOWN I
MPOSED BYTHEUNI
ON OFI
NDUSVI
OLATES
PART-
II
IOFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ONOFI
NDUS?

I
ti
shumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbyt
hecouns
elbef
oret
heHon’
bl
eSupr
emeCour
tofI
ndust
hatt
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mpl
ement
ati
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t.
14,Ar
t.
19(
1)
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19(
1)
(g)
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21wher
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uti
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1
1
[
3]WHETHER THE REGULATI
ON I
SSUED BY THE STATE OF MAHANADU I
S
UNCONSTI
TUTI
ONALANDULTRAVI
RESTOTHEEPI
DEMI
CACT,
1897?

ARGUMENTSADVANCED

[
1]WHETHERTHEPI
LFI
LEDBYTHERETAI
LERSASSOCI
ATI
ONOFI
NDUSUNDER
ARTI
CLE32OFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ONOFTHEI
NDUSI
SMAI
NTANI
ABLE?

1
.1

I
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32oft
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Butt
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nov
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undament
alr
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sint
hiscas
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ernmenthasi
ssued
r
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nthei
nter
estofpubl
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hei
nter
estoft
hepubl
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catl
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sinques
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Nor
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1
2
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.2WHETHERTHEPRESENTWRI
TPETI
TIONHASBEENFI
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Ther
espondent
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hatt
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thashel
dthatonl
yift
her
eisav
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onof
Fundament
alRi
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scani
tst
epi
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onofAr
t.
32.
(Rames
hThapparvUOI
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eisnov
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her
emedy
.

1
.3ALTERNATI
VEREMEDYHASNOTBEENEXHAUSED

TheHon’
bl
eCour
tisenought
oheart
hispar
ti
cul
arcas
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hev
irt
ueof(
L.Chandr
akumar
vUOIAI
R1997SC1
125)al
ter
nat
iv
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sabarunl
esst
her
ewascompl
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j
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yto act
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mpugned.(
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Venkat
eshwar
av
R.
S.
WadhwaniAI
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906)howev
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entbodyt
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Hon’
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1
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ol
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tit
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stoeachor
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ofunct
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Ther
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epar
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power
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tit
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on.

1
3
[
2]WHETHER THE LOCKDOWN I
MPOSED BY THE UNI
ON OFI
NDUS VI
OLATES
PART-
IIOFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ONOFI
NDUS?

I
tishumbl
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f
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t.
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19(
1)
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1)
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undament
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s.

[
2.1
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ssuedofi
mpos
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snotar
bit
rar
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Ther
espondenthumbl
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ramed
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Act
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nter
estofgener
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i
c.

[
2.2]Ther
egul
ati
oni
ssuedhasbeenf
ramedbas
edont
heRul
eofReas
on

Ther
espondenthumbl
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tst
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J.,
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est
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atest
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fe.
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Ar
ti
cl
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eas
onabl
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tri
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mpos
edi
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nter
estoft
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c.Nor
ight
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sAbs
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it
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medf
orwhi
chpur
pos
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hecameoutofhome.

1
A.
K.Gopal
anv
sTheSt
ateOfMadr
as1
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,1950,
AIR27,
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[
3]WHETHER THE REGULATI
ON I
SSUED BY THE STTE OF MAHANADU I
S
UNCONSTI
TUTI
ONALANDULTRAVI
RESTOTHEEPI
DEMI
CACT,
1897?

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 PRAYER

Wher
efor
eint
hel
i
ghtoff
act
sst
ated,
iss
uesr
ais
ed,
argument
sadv
ancedandaut
hor
it
ies
ci
ted,
iti
smos
thumbl
ypr
ayedbef
oret
hisHon’
bl
eCour
t,t
hati
tmaygr
aci
ous
lybepl
eas
ed
t
o:

01
.

02.

03.

Andi
tispr
ayedt
hisHon’
bl
eCour
ttopas
sanyor
dert
hati
tdeemsf
iti
nthei
nter
estof

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Jus
tice,
Equi
tyandGoodCons
cience.

COUNCELFORTHEPETI
TIONER

Dat
e:

Pl
ace:

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