LAXMI KHANDSARI ETC. ETC. vs STATE OF U.P. & ORS.

The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petitions challenging the notification limiting the operation of power crushers under the Control Order, holding that it did not violate Article 19(1)(g) or Article 14 of the Constitution. The Court found that the restrictions were reasonable and in public interest, aimed at ensuring equitable distribution of sugar, and that the principles of natural justice did not apply as the order was legislative in nature. The Court upheld the government's justification for the notification based on the comparative efficiency of sugar mills over power crushers.