Sir N. P. Engineer, N. A. Palkhivala, R. A. Gagrat and G. Gopalakrishnan, for the petitioners in Petitions Nos.
78, 79 and 80 of 1956.
Ganpat Rai, for the petitioner in petition No.
The petitioners before us are engaged in promoting and companyducting prize companypetitions in different States of India, and they have filed the present petitions under Art.
78/56 and 152/56 and Respondents in Petitions Nos.
1 of the Constitution, Parliament enacted Prize Competitions Act, 42 of 1955 , hereinafter referred to as the Act, and by a numberification issued on March 31, 1956, the Central Government brought it into force on April 1, 1956.
1 in Petitions Nos.
R. Ethirajulu Naidu, Advocate General, Mysore, Porus A. Mehta and T. M. Sen, for respondent No.
93 of 1956.
2 in Petition No.
K. Daphtary, Solicitor General of India, Porus A. Mehta and R. H. Dhebar, for the respondent No.
78 of 1956.
C. Jain and B. P. Maheshwari, for the petitioner in Petition No.
32 questioning the validity of some of the provisions of the Act and the rules framed thereunder.
79, 80 and 93 of 1956.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by VENKATARAMA AIYAR J. Pursuant to resolutions passed by the legislatures of several States under Art.
252, el.
152 of 1956.
April 9.
