Landmark case · Constitutional Law – II · Semester 2

Hoechst Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. State of Bihar

(1983) 4 SCC 45 · Supreme Court of India

Repugnancy under Article 254 arises only where both legislatures are competent and the State law is inconsistent with a law of Parliament in the Concurrent List.

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Legislative relations: Articles 245–255 — Unit III, Constitutional Law – II.

Related sections:

Constitution of India, 245–246 — Extent of laws and subject-matter of Union and State laws
Constitution of India, 248–254 — Residuary power, inconsistency between Union and State laws
Constitution of India, 249–252 — Parliament's power to legislate on State subjects in special cases