'Industry' Definition Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 2]
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18 March 2026 10:44 AM IST
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The Supreme Court constitution bench will continue its hearing on the correctness of the definition of “industry” given by then Justice VR Krishna Iyer in the 1978 decision in Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa.
This is the second day of the hearing.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice PS Narasimha, Justice Dipankar Datta, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vipul Pancholi is hearing the matter.
Follow this page for the live updates. Report of first day's hearing can be read here.
Live Updates
- 18 March 2026 10:50 AM IST
Hegde: My limited point was in February the bench had a deadline to meet and its thinking had not totally fructified. There were creases that were remained to be ironed out. J Chandrachud indicated we were in brought agreement and when he saw the divergence, he said he agrees with majority.
