Police Can’t Restrict Hotel From Functioning At Late Hours: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
The Kerala High Court, in R Ravikumar Vs The Sub Inspector Of Police, has struck down an order issued by the Sub Inspector of Police directing the owner of a hotel to close down the hotel after 11 pm. The case delved with the question whether the Kerala Police Act provided for any power to a sub inspector of police to issue such orders that could restrict eateries, hotels from functioning. The case delved with the question whether the Kerala Police Act provided for any power to a sub inspector of police to issue such orders that could restrict eateries, hotels from functioning during certain hours of the day or night. Sub Inspector of Police, Sakthikulangara Police Station, without hearing Ravikumar, issued an order stating that the premises of the hotel had become the centre of activities by the anti-social elements.
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