Long Queue In Front Of Liquor Shops, An Affront To Citizenry And Loss Of Self Respect, Avoid It: Kerala HC Tells Excise Dept [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala through Justice Devan Ramachandran, in a recent judgment, has directed the state Excise department to take proactive steps to avoid long queue formations in front of liquor shops all across the state.The court observed that such longer queues extending even to public roads amounted to public nuisance and caused severe hardships to the general public.Terming such. The High Court of Kerala through Justice Devan Ramachandran, in a recent judgment, has directed the state Excise department to take proactive steps to avoid long queue formations in front of liquor shops all across the state. Terming such queue formation ‘an affront to collective dignity to citizens of the state and loss of self-respect’, Justice Ramachandran, in strong words, deprecated such practice: “The sinuous queues that are found of men in several parts of Kerala waiting for their turn to buy liquor, which spill over to the road, streets, lanes and other public areas is not merely a sight for the sore eyes, but also an affront on the collective dignity of the citizenry of the state. Justice Devan concluded his judgment with the following note: “Obviously, the KSBC would have to take such infrastructural and logistical arrangements in front of their counters to avoid such nuisance to the neighbours, including by having shops and waiting areas for such customers so that they will not have to spill over and stand in queues into the public streets and lanes.” Read Judgment Here