Hooch Tragedies In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court Seeks Reply On Plea For CBI Enquiry Against Police & Excise Department
3 years, 5 months ago

Hooch Tragedies In Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court Seeks Reply On Plea For CBI Enquiry Against Police & Excise Department

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has issued notice on a petition seeking CBI/ NIA enquiry against Police and Excise department of the UP Government in wake of recent hooch tragedy in Aligarh, that allegedly claimed over 50 lives. A Division Bench of ACJ Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari has granted two weeks' time to the Standing counsel to seek complete instruction in the matter. 288 of 2015 decided vide order dated 12.04.2017, wherein a direction was given to the State Government to take appropriate steps to curb the trading of illicit liquor. He submitted that he had a filed a similar PIL in 2005 and directions were issued thereof by the High Court to take appropriate steps for curbing the sale of spurious liquor and also to take action against any erring Government officials who may be found involved in its illicit trade.

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Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy
1 month ago

Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a probe into the Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy that claimed the lives of around 67 persons after consuming illicit arrack. It was contended that hooch tragedy incidents were not new to the state and that the entire system of Tamil Nadu including the police, revenue authorities, etc had …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Madras High Court to hear on June 21 a plea for CBI probe
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Madras High Court to hear on June 21 a plea for CBI probe

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Friday a public interest litgation petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that had so far claimed over 30 lives and left many others hospitalised. Since Acting Chief Justice R. Mahadevan is sitting at the Madurai Bench of the High Court this week, a …

Bihar hooch tragedy | Toll reaches 27, police arrest 174 people
1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy | Toll reaches 27, police arrest 174 people

The Hindu  

The death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 on April 18 with one more person losing his life after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, police said. The police have so far registered five cases and arrested 174 people as part of the investigation into the matter," said a statement issued by …

Bihar hooch tragedy: Police files charge sheet against 15 accused
1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: Police files charge sheet against 15 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Siwan police in Bihar on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against 15 people arrested in the January 2023 hooch tragedy case, which claimed eight lives at Bala village of Bhopatpur panchayat of Maharaajganj sub-division. Over 70 were killed in December last year after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Saran district in Chapra The charge sheet has named 15 persons—Dipak …

Death toll reaches 42 in Gujarat hooch tragedy
2 years, 4 months ago

Death toll reaches 42 in Gujarat hooch tragedy

The Hindu  

Death toll in the Gujarat hooch tragedy climbed to 42, even as 97 people are still under treatment in various hospitals in Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad. On Wednesday evening, Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi told media persons in Gandhinagar that the trial will be conducted in a fast track court and the accused would be chargesheeted within 10 …

Gujarat hooch tragedy: Village head had approached police in March seeking action against illegal liquor trade
2 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat hooch tragedy: Village head had approached police in March seeking action against illegal liquor trade

India Today  

It has now come to light that the head of Rojid village in Gujarat, where poisonous country liquor led to the death of many people, had written to the police administration back in March asking them to put a stop to the illegal sale and consumption of alcohol. The village head had also written to police to take immediate action …

Death Toll in Hooch Tragedy Reaches 13 in Bihar's Aurangabad, Many Battle for Lives During Treatment
2 years, 6 months ago

Death Toll in Hooch Tragedy Reaches 13 in Bihar's Aurangabad, Many Battle for Lives During Treatment

News 18  

The death toll in suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar’s Aurangabad district has reached 13 while many others are battling for their lives in hospitals. Earlier, the Aurangabad police had claimed five persons including three from Khiriyawa village and two from Raniganj village under Madanpur police station were killed due to “poisonous” liquor between Saturday and Tuesday. The deceased were identified …

"Ensure No Repeat Of '2019 Liquor Tragedy'; Pursue Criminal Cases Diligently": Allahabad High Court To UP Govt
3 years ago

"Ensure No Repeat Of '2019 Liquor Tragedy'; Pursue Criminal Cases Diligently": Allahabad High Court To UP Govt

Live Law  

Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation plea filed in respect of liquor tragedy which occurred in District Barabanki and District Sitapur in May, 2019, the Allahabad High Court recently asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to ensure that in future, these types of incidents do not occur.The Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Jaspreet Singh also said that it …

Bihar hooch tragedy: About 40 dead in several districts since Diwali
3 years, 1 month ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: About 40 dead in several districts since Diwali

Firstpost  

The latest deaths have been recorded in Samastipur district. Earlier, at least 33 people died in Gopalganj and West Champaran districts upon consuming spurious liquor. Samastipur/Patna: Four more deaths, caused by illicit liquor consumption, were on Saturday reported in dry Bihar, where hooch has claimed close to 40 lives in different districts since Diwali. Meanwhile, a group of young Congress …

UP CM Orders Reinvestigation Into All Big Hooch Tragedies In The Last 15 Years
3 years, 6 months ago

UP CM Orders Reinvestigation Into All Big Hooch Tragedies In The Last 15 Years

News 18  

In wake of the hooch tragedy in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a reinvestigation of all major cases related to adulterated liquor deaths in the last 15 years to ensure that no offender was let off the hook. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, the Chief Minister has directed all the district magistrates and superintendents of …

Aligarh hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 22
3 years, 6 months ago

Aligarh hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 22

Hindustan Times  

The death toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy rose to 22 on Saturday while 12 more people were being treated at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, AMU, and the Malkhan Singh District Hospital after they drank spurious liquor bought from two government-authorised alcohol shops in at least three villages, district magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh said on Saturday. Family members mourn …

Aligarh hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 22, more still critical
3 years, 6 months ago

Aligarh hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 22, more still critical

India TV News  

The death toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy went up to 22 on Saturday, while 28 more people are still in critical condition, an official said here. Seven people have died since Friday night, he said and added that the condition of 28 people undergoing treatment at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, AMU, and the Malkhan Singh District Hospital …

Covid-19: Allahabad High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till May 31
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Allahabad High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till May 31

Live Law  

Reviving the suo moto case registered last year, the Allahabad High Court on Saturday extended all the interim orders passed by various Courts and Tribunals in the State, which were subsisting on 15th March 2021, till 31st May, 2021. The extension has been granted by a Division Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Prakash Padia, The …

Hooch Tragedy Kills 20 in MP's Morena, CM Orders Removal of District Collector, SP
3 years, 11 months ago

Hooch Tragedy Kills 20 in MP's Morena, CM Orders Removal of District Collector, SP

News 18  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered removal of the district collector and Superintendent of Police of Morena district on Wednesday in connection to hooch tragedy which has resulted in the death of 20 people. As of Tuesday night, 16 people had died after consuming illicit liquor while four others who were recuperating in hospital succumbed early morning on …

Punjab hooch tragedy: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal demands CBI probe
4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal demands CBI probe

India Today  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the Punjab hooch tragedy which has claimed 86 lives so far. Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party is in the Opposition in the state, claimed that none of the cases pertaining to illicit liquor in the last few months have been solved by the local police. "The case should …

Punjab hooch tragedy: 86 dead, 25 arrested so far, Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for victims
4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: 86 dead, 25 arrested so far, Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for victims

India Today  

As the death toll in the Punjab spurious liquor tragedy continues to rise, the case has picked up the pace with action now being taken against some senior officials in the state. While the toll in the hooch tragedy mounted to 86 on Saturday -- 63 deaths in Tarn Taran, 12 in Amritsar Rural at 12 and 11 in Gurdaspur …

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