Kerala liquor ban: Activists allege underhand deals as prohibition lobby surrenders to CPM's pro-boozer stand
7 years, 7 months ago

Kerala liquor ban: Activists allege underhand deals as prohibition lobby surrenders to CPM's pro-boozer stand

Firstpost  

Local reports allege that the CPM government in Kerala has bought the church’s silence over liquor ban by threatening to cancel teacher’s appointments in govt-aided schools When the Communist Party of India -led Left Democratic Front took an ambiguous stand on re-opening liquor bars closed by the United Democratic Front government as part of its phased-prohibition policy during the 2016 Assembly elections in Kerala, many had viewed it as a sign of the party’s intention to reverse liquor policy if it returned to power in the state. By the time Ramakrishnan came out with the policy, the 31 March Supreme Court verdict ban on the sale of liquor within 500 meters of state and national highways came on the way. According to a Manorama Online report, the state government has given its nod for opening 466 liquor outlets, including 25 Bevco outlets within municipal and corporation limits, in the wake of the apex court clarification. “The church’s silence on the liquor issue may have a connection with the liberal stance that the government took in conceding the demand of self-financing medical colleges for fees and the appointments of teachers in government-aided schools,” Njallani told Firstpost.

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There Would Be Reduced Instances Of Violence If Access To Liquor Is Prohibited Around Areas Of Religious Festivals: Kerala High Court
2 years ago

There Would Be Reduced Instances Of Violence If Access To Liquor Is Prohibited Around Areas Of Religious Festivals: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that when the sale of liquor is prohibited for a few days with the object of maintaining peace, preserving public order and for public good, commercial interests takes a back seat, even if it means experiencing a disruption in sales.A division bench comprising Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran was hearing …

'Health More Important Than Revenue' : Kerala High Court Seeks Explanation For Overcrowding At Liquor Outlets
3 years, 8 months ago

'Health More Important Than Revenue' : Kerala High Court Seeks Explanation For Overcrowding At Liquor Outlets

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the State regarding its failure to ensure compliance with COVID protocols outside state-run Beverages Corporation's liquor stores, citing overcrowding at various places.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly observed that although periodical orders were issued by the Centre and State regarding. The Kerala High …

Govt Decision To Open More Liquor Shops/Bars/Parlours Cannot Be Said To Be Unconstitutional: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 7 months ago

Govt Decision To Open More Liquor Shops/Bars/Parlours Cannot Be Said To Be Unconstitutional: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has observed that the decision of the State Government in opening more liquor shops, bars/parlours, cannot be said to be violative of Constitution of India or the statutory provisions.The bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Shaji P. Chaly observed thus while dismissing a Public Interest Litigation filed by members of the Kerala Prohibition Council, a …

Tamil Nadu: Rajinikanth warns ruling AIADMK against reopening liquor outlets
4 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Rajinikanth warns ruling AIADMK against reopening liquor outlets

India TV News  

Superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday warned the ruling AIADMK against reopening state-run liquor outlets in Tamil Nadu, saying if it was done, it should not harbour "dreams" of coming to power again, apparently in next year's Assembly elections. His remarks came a day after Tamil Nadu moved the Supreme Court, seeking a stay against a Madras High Court order directing closure …

Liquor shops in Tamil Nadu ordered to shut, only online sale allowed: Madras High Court
4 years, 10 months ago

Liquor shops in Tamil Nadu ordered to shut, only online sale allowed: Madras High Court

India TV News  

The Madras High Court on Friday ordered the closure of all state-run TASMAC liquor shops in Tamil Nadu while permitting online and door delivery only. The court order comes after petitioners pointed out crowding and violation of social distancing norms at liquor shops. Earlier today, the Supreme Court had asked states to consider non-direct contact or online sales and home …

As India Reopens Liquor Stores, Customers Line Up — But Overcrowding Forces Closures
4 years, 10 months ago

As India Reopens Liquor Stores, Customers Line Up — But Overcrowding Forces Closures

NPR  

As India Reopens Liquor Stores, Customers Line Up — But Overcrowding Forces Closures Enlarge this image toggle caption Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images When liquor stores reopened across India on Monday for the first time in nearly six weeks, little circles painted on the pavement were supposed to help customers maintain a safe distance. The …

Tamil Nadu to open state-run liquor retail outlets from May 7
4 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu to open state-run liquor retail outlets from May 7

India TV News  

As liquor shops in various states across the country resume their sale, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday decided to open state-run liquor retail outlets from May 7 onwards with strict implementation of social distancing norms. India on Monday woke up to long queues outside liquor shops hours ahead of their opening post relaxation in lockdown curbs. The decision to …

Why Can’t An Amendment Be Brought To Exclude ‘Toddy’ From The Definition Of ‘Liquor’, SC Asks Kerala Govt.
7 years, 2 months ago

Why Can’t An Amendment Be Brought To Exclude ‘Toddy’ From The Definition Of ‘Liquor’, SC Asks Kerala Govt.

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday took up the writ petitions filed by the Kerala Toddy Shop Licensee Association and Vaikom Taluk Chethu Thozhilali Union seeking a direction to the Kerala government to not treat ‘toddy’ as ‘liquor’ while enforcing the highway liquor ban in the state.The petitions were heard by a Bench of Chief Justice Diapk Misra and Justices AM …

Supreme Court notice to Kerala over national highway toddy shops
7 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court notice to Kerala over national highway toddy shops

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Kerala government to the plea of the Kerala Toddy Shop Licensee Association seeking exemption from the order-banning the sale of liquor along national and state highways. Chandrachud,while issuing a notice, said it would hear on January 8, 2018 the plea for the interim order of stay from closing …

Party’s back on for India’s upscale resorts as liquor ban eases
7 years, 7 months ago

Party’s back on for India’s upscale resorts as liquor ban eases

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Roseate hotel is an oasis of award-winning luxury in acres of gardens just outside New Delhi’s airport. The prohibition, implemented on 1 April to curb drunken driving, was partially lifted by the country’s top court on Wednesday, alleviating a five-month slide in business for India’s liquor and hospitality firms. Liquor stores, restaurants and hotels located within municipal …

Highway liquor ban: Delhi govt orders re-verification of 40 outlets after owners claim restoration of licences
7 years, 7 months ago

Highway liquor ban: Delhi govt orders re-verification of 40 outlets after owners claim restoration of licences

Firstpost  

The Delhi government has ordered the physical re-verification of around 40 hotels, clubs and restaurants in the city which were sealed due to the Supreme Court’s order banning sale of liquor within 500 metres of highways New Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered the physical re-verification of around 40 hotels, clubs and restaurants in the city which were sealed due …

Liquor ban: Supreme Court no to Tamil Nadu bars, clubs' plea
7 years, 8 months ago

Liquor ban: Supreme Court no to Tamil Nadu bars, clubs' plea

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain applications filed by the Tamil Nadu Bars & Club Owners Association and several others seeking modification of the ban order on liquor within 500 metres of state and national highways and said the present the ban will continue for them as well. The association through its counsel V. Balaji sought …

Highway Liquor Ban: Kerala Beer Parlours Move SC
7 years, 9 months ago

Highway Liquor Ban: Kerala Beer Parlours Move SC

Live Law  

A group of Kerala-based beer and wine parlour owners knocked the doors of the Supreme Court today for a clarification of its order to shut down liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from April 1.The issue was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices R K Agrawal and Deepak Gupta. A group of Kerala-based beer and …

Liquor ban on highways: Shops in Kerala move Supreme Court to seek clarification of its order
7 years, 9 months ago

Liquor ban on highways: Shops in Kerala move Supreme Court to seek clarification of its order

Firstpost  

Several Kerala-based liquor shops owners approached Supreme Court seeking clarification of its order to shut down liquor vends New Delhi: Several Kerala-based beer and wine parlour owners on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking clarification of its order to shut down liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from 1 April. They have claimed that after the …

Pinarayi Vijayan govt plans to reopen liquor shops in Kerala, alleges Congress
7 years, 9 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan govt plans to reopen liquor shops in Kerala, alleges Congress

Firstpost  

The Congress party in Kerala on Thursday alleged the Pinarayi Vijayan government was in talks with the liquor lobby and to reopen closed down liquor shops on two national highways Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress party in Kerala on Thursday alleged the Pinarayi Vijayan government was in cahoots with the liquor lobby and planning to reopen closed down liquor shops on two …

Liquor ban on highways: Following Supreme Court order, watering holes go dry
7 years, 11 months ago

Liquor ban on highways: Following Supreme Court order, watering holes go dry

Firstpost  

New Delhi/Mumbai: Thousands of watering holes, iconic clubs and swanky pubs went high and dry as authorities went full steam to enforce a Supreme Court order banning liquor sale along highways while states gauged revenue losses. New Delhi/Mumbai: Thousands of watering holes, iconic clubs and swanky pubs went dry as authorities went full steam to enforce a Supreme Court order …

Delhi govt to seek clarity from Supreme Court over order to shut liquor vends along highways
8 years ago

Delhi govt to seek clarity from Supreme Court over order to shut liquor vends along highways

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government will be approaching the Supreme Court, seeking clarity on its order of shutting down liquor vends along national and state highways by March 31. The Supreme Court on December 15 had banned all liquor shops within 500 metres of national and state highways across the country, a move aimed at reducing drink driving and road accidents that …

CPM changes tack, to step up attack on Kerala
8 years, 11 months ago

CPM changes tack, to step up attack on Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: By putting his foot down on the liquor policy, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury has given out a clear signal to the state leadership against getting strung along with Oommen Chandy’s ‘dubious’ agenda. Till recently the CPM leaders were even quoting A. K. Antony to criticize the UDF Government’s liquor policy. The CPM policy emphasized on abstinence and Kodiyeri …

Assembly elections prompt Kerala parties to decide stance on liquor ban
8 years, 11 months ago

Assembly elections prompt Kerala parties to decide stance on liquor ban

Live Mint  

Calicut: In the run-up to 16 May-state assembly elections in Kerala, there is one particular question that many voters want answered: just where do the main parties stand on banning alcohol in this liquor-loving state? If voters in Kerala bring back the ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front for a second time, the ongoing alcohol ban in almost all bars will …

Running dry: SC upholds Kerala liquor policy that prohibits sale of alcohol in bars
9 years, 2 months ago

Running dry: SC upholds Kerala liquor policy that prohibits sale of alcohol in bars

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has upheld the Kerala government’s liquor policy that will now permit the sale of alcohol only in bars which are a part of a five-star hotel. The Supreme Court has upheld the Kerala government’s liquor policy that prohibits bars that are not in a five-star hotel from selling alcohol. An apex court bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen …

SC nod to Kerala's liquor policy draws mixed reactions; govt is 'happy', bar owners are not
9 years, 2 months ago

SC nod to Kerala's liquor policy draws mixed reactions; govt is 'happy', bar owners are not

Firstpost  

The Kerala government on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict that not only upheld the Kerala High Court’s verdict but also the Oommen Chandy government’s liquor policy. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict that not only upheld the Kerala High Court’s verdict but also the Oommen Chandy government’s liquor policy. According to the Kerala government’s …

SC upholds Kerala liquor ban, bars to operate only in 5-star hotels
9 years, 2 months ago

SC upholds Kerala liquor ban, bars to operate only in 5-star hotels

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Kerala's new liquor policy restricting sale and consumption of liquor at bars in five star hotels only. An apex court bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh in their judgement pronounced on Tuesday dismissed the petitions challenging the Kerala liquor policy while upholding the Kerala High Court's earlier judgement …

Kerala bar bribery case: Protests against finance minister in assembly, LDF stages walkout
10 years, 3 months ago

Kerala bar bribery case: Protests against finance minister in assembly, LDF stages walkout

Firstpost  

The bar bribery row involving finance minister K M Mani found its echo in the Assembly on the first day of the Winter session with CPI-led LDF staging a walkout. Thiruvananthapuram: The bar bribery row involving finance minister K M Mani found its echo in the state Assembly on Monday on the first day of the Winter session with CPI-LDF …

Cheers! 250 bars to reopen as Kerala HC stays ban on liquor sale
10 years, 4 months ago

Cheers! 250 bars to reopen as Kerala HC stays ban on liquor sale

Firstpost  

Bar owners in Kerala had earlier approached the court challenging the government’s decision to close over 700 bar hotels in the state, maintaining it was discriminatory. A Kerala High Court division bench on Friday stayed the single bench order banning the sale of liquor in the state, paving the way for 250 bars in the state to reopen. The order …

Kerala HC upholds liquor ban, alcohol sale restricted to 62 hotels
10 years, 4 months ago

Kerala HC upholds liquor ban, alcohol sale restricted to 62 hotels

India TV News  

Thiruvananthapuram: A single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court Thursday allowed 62 heritage, four- and five-star hotel bars to operate from Thursday. Justice K. Surendra Mohan Thursday gave the verdict on plea of the Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association, which had sought permission to operate their bars. The new liquor policy of the Kerala government, aiming to achieve complete prohibition …

High Court paves way to Liquor Prohibition in Kerala [Read the Judgment]
10 years, 4 months ago

High Court paves way to Liquor Prohibition in Kerala [Read the Judgment]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court upheld the liquor ban in Kerala State in view of the revised Abkari Policy of the Government of Kerala. Through the revised abkari policy, the Kerala government had limited sale of liquor to five-star bar hotels and government-run retail outlets. The High Court, however, allowed four-star and heritage bar hotels to remain open. The High Court …

Kerala HC clears closure of 700 liquor bars in the state
10 years, 4 months ago

Kerala HC clears closure of 700 liquor bars in the state

Live Mint  

Kochi: In a blow to bar owners, the Kerala high court on Thursday upheld the validity of the Congress-led UDF government’s new liquor policy, paving the way for closure of 700 bars attached to small and medium hotels in the state. The court, however, gave some reprieve, allowing 33 bars in four-star and heritage category hotels to function after the …

No closing of BAR Hotels till September 30: Supreme Court to Kerala Govt.
10 years, 6 months ago

No closing of BAR Hotels till September 30: Supreme Court to Kerala Govt.

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today restrained the Kerala Government from shutting down the ‘Bar Hotels’ till September 30, under the state’s new liquor policy that limits bar licences to only five-star hotels. The order has brought ahuge relief to non-five-star hotel bar owners as the state government was ready to initiate closingdown process against such bars as part of its plan …

Supreme Court questions logic behind Kerala's new liquor policy
10 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court questions logic behind Kerala's new liquor policy

Live Law  

The Apex Court yesterday questioned the logic behind new liquor policy of the Government of Kerala for limiting bar licenses to only 5-star hotels as part of a move to implement total prohibition in the State in 10 years and agreed to examine it.A bench of justices A R Dave and U U Lalit agreed to grant an urgent hearing …

‘Right to sell liquor no fundamental right’
10 years, 6 months ago

‘Right to sell liquor no fundamental right’

The Hindu  

The Kerala government submitted before a Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the right to sell liquor was not a fundamental right. Government counsel Kapil Sibal, arguing against a petition challenging the decision to close 730 bars in the State, said the decision to close the bars was a policy decision. In an urgent mentioning to stop the …

Nearing total prohibition: HC clears Kerala's new liquor policy
10 years, 6 months ago

Nearing total prohibition: HC clears Kerala's new liquor policy

Firstpost  

Upholding the state government’s new liquor policy, Kerala High Court today dismissed a petition filed by the Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association which had challenged the decision announced by the government last month. Thiruvananthapuram: Upholding the state government’s new liquor policy, Kerala High Court todaydismissed a petition filed by the Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association which had challenged the decision …

Kerala govt tells hoteliers to shut bars within 15 days
10 years, 7 months ago

Kerala govt tells hoteliers to shut bars within 15 days

Live Mint  

Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi: Firming up plans to drastically reduce availability of liquor, the Congress-led United Democratic Front government on Tuesday decided to issue notices to hoteliers below the five-star category to shut their bars by 12 September. Briefing the media after the meeting that worked out the action plan on the UDF’s policy decision taken last week, Babu said notices would be …

Kerala liquor ban: Pro alcohol lobby to seek legal redress
10 years, 7 months ago

Kerala liquor ban: Pro alcohol lobby to seek legal redress

Firstpost  

With the Kerala government deciding to close all the 730 bars in the state to bring about prohibition in a phased manner, the pro-liquor lobby has gone into a huddle on how to handle this situation. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who on Friday finalised the new liquor policy, will submit to the Kerala High Court on August 26 a road …

Kerala heading for complete prohibition: Will ban on booze help Chandy?
10 years, 7 months ago

Kerala heading for complete prohibition: Will ban on booze help Chandy?

Firstpost  

It may sound ironical that little Kerala, which has the dubious distinction of being the highest per capita consumer of alcohol in the country, has begun on a historic journey towards complete prohibition. Egged on by his party chief in the state and alliance partners such as the Muslim League and the Christian dominated Kerala Congress, chief minister Oommen Chandy …

HC directs Kerala govt to ban toddy
12 years, 6 months ago

HC directs Kerala govt to ban toddy

Firstpost  

Kochi: Describing toddy shops as ‘places of violence and crime’, the Kerala High court today asked the government to impose prohibition of toddy in the state to save the poor from the evils of alcohol. Pointing that it was ‘high time’ that government thinks of discontinuing toddy business in the state to save the poor from the evils of alcohol …

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