"The next question is whether nationalisation can A have nexus, with ·distribution ....... : To 'distribute'; even in its simple dictionary meaning, is to allot. to divide ·into Classes or into groups and 'distribution' embraces arrangement, classification, piaceinent, disposition, appor· tionmetlt;.the way in which items, a quantity, or the .like is divided or apportioned; the systeni of dispersing goods B · throuhout .a co111munity." • · Theabove observations were followed and amplified inL. Abu Lavur liai's case {supra) thus.: · ,.. c ·"It is obvioui, therefore, iil view of the vast range of.. transactions contemplated by the ·word 'distribution' as . mentfoI'i.ed in the dictionaries referred to above, it will not be correct to construe the word 'distribution' in a purely nteral sense. so .as to mean Only division of a particular persons. The words, appuriionment, · allotment, allo- . ..... ·cation; classification, clearly fall within the broad sweep of ihe ·word 'distribution'. So construed, · the. ·word \ 'distribution' as used in Art.39(b) will include various '1 facets, aspects, methodf and termcinology of a broad· based concept of distribution/' · . ' \ . . ' In view of the aforesaid observations, the challenge tci the impugned provisions of the Acts no longer sryives.
