Vocabulary words from The Hindu editorial " Beyond Intoxication: On Alcohol Regulation, Judicial Verdict"

Vocabulary words from The Hindu editorial " Beyond Intoxication: On Alcohol Regulation, Judicial Verdict"

1.  Intoxicating liquors

• Meaning: Alcoholic beverages or substances that can induce intoxication.
• Example: "The Supreme Court ruled that 'intoxicating liquors' include both potable and industrial alcohol."

2.  Federal principle

• Meaning: The system of dividing powers between a central government and regional governments.
• Example: "The Supreme Court's decision supports the federal principle, emphasizing state authority in regulating alcohol."

3.  Gamut

• Meaning: The complete range or scope of something.
• Example: "The judgment covers the entire gamut of alcohol-related activities, from production to distribution."

4.  Purview

• Meaning: The range of authority or control.
• Example: "The central law sought to remove industrial alcohol from the regulatory purview of state governments."

5.  Legislative competence

• Meaning: The authority of a legislative body to make laws on a specific subject.
• Example: "Parliament lacks legislative competence over the entire industry of intoxicating liquor, according to the Supreme Court ruling."

6.  Dissent

• Meaning: A disagreement with the majority opinion, especially in a legal context.
• Example: "Justice Nagarathna’s dissent argued that the term ‘intoxicating liquors’ should be limited to potable alcohol."

7.  Denuded

• Meaning: Stripped of power or authority.
• Example: "The dissent noted that states were denuded of their power to regulate industrial alcohol due to central laws."

8.  Feedstock

• Meaning: Raw material supplied to a machine or processing plant.
• Example: "Industrial alcohol serves as a key feedstock in the chemicals industry."

9.  Edifice

• Meaning: A complex system of beliefs or organization, or a large structure.
• Example: "The dissent emphasized that the constitutional edifice should not be dislodged by reinterpretations."

10.  Dislodge

• Meaning: To force out of a settled position.
• Example: "Justice Nagarathna warned against dislodging the constitutional balance while interpreting the law dynamically."