The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.
Article 47: Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health
The Constitution of IndiaCentral Constitution · 1950
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Where this provision sits
| Act | The Constitution of India |
|---|---|
| Article | 47 |
| Marginal note | Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Judgments citing it | 30 |
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- FA/373/2016 of Smt. Anita Yadav Vs Vinod Agrawal BattimaarHigh Court of Chhattisgarh · 2025-11-02
- WP(C)/795/2023 of ZAFFER HUSSAIN AND ORS Vs UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. (FOOD,CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT)High Court of Jammu and Kashmir · 2025-10-30
- CCP(S)/191/2023 of FAROOQ AHMAD MIR Vs MUDASIR AHMAD WANI AND OTHERSHigh Court of Jammu and Kashmir · 2025-10-30
- WP(C)/2193/2023 of KHALID AHMAD SHAH AND ORS. Vs UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. (FOOD AND SUPPLIES)High Court of Jammu and Kashmir · 2025-10-30
- WP(C)/501/2023 of FAROOQ AHMAD MIR Vs UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND OTHERS.(FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT)High Court of Jammu and Kashmir · 2025-10-30
- WP(C)/2100/2023 of MUDASIR AHMAD WANI AND ORS. Vs UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. (FOOD AND SUPPLIES)High Court of Jammu and Kashmir · 2025-10-30
- DIPIKA JAGATRAM SAHANI vs UNION OF INDIASupreme Court of India · 2021-01-13
- APPLN/5276/2017 of KALPESH BHARAT SONI AND ANR Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANRBombay High Court · 2020-11-25
- M/S SUKH SAGAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESHSupreme Court of India · 2020-07-31
- THE KERALA BAR HOTELS ASSOCIATION & ANR. vs STATE OF KERALA AND ORS.Supreme Court of India · 2015-12-29
- M/S AMRUT DISTILLERITES LTD vs SWAMI NANDAGOPALAN & ORSSupreme Court of India · 2008-02-13
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