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2016 (12) TMI 1250 - HC - Indian LawsProhibition to licences for the sale of liquor along National and State Highways - constitutional validity of explanation appended to Rule 289(2)stating such part of National Highway or State Highway which are situated within the limits of any Municipal Corporation, Municipality or Town Committee, shall not be treated as restriction - Held that:- The Supreme Court very recently has directed that all States and Union Territories shall forthwith cease or desist from granting licences for the sale of liquor along National and State Highways and the prohibition shall also extend to and include stretches of such Highways which fall within the limits of a Municipal Corporation, City, Town or Local Authority. It is thus clear that the State Government is completely debarred from granting licences for the sale of liquor along National and State Highways including the stretches of such Highways which fall within the limits of Municipal Corporation, City, Town or Local Authority. We, accordingly, finally dispose of this writ petition with a recommendation to the State Government to immediately re-examine the impugned explanation in the light of above mentioned SC order. Also the petitioner has no choice, but to close his liquor shop on the State Highway.
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