SIEL LTD. vs U O I

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Adhiniyam, 1964 (U.P. Act 24 of 1964), ruling that the State Legislature had the competence to enact the law. The Court found that the restrictions imposed under Section 8 and Section 10 of the Act, which required sugar factory occupiers to sell molasses at prescribed prices, did not violate Article 19(1)(g) or Article 301 of the Constitution. The appeals challenging the orders of the Controller of Molasses were dismissed, affirming the legality of the State's regulatory framework over the sugar industry.