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Just two day back the Supreme Court has passed orders banning Registration of BS III vehicles.
And now banned Highway liquor vends and bars…
Dry way on the highway: Supreme Court's 2016 ban on liquor sales comes into effect today
The Supreme Court refused to modify a ban it placed last year on the sale of liquor along highways.
Shops, hotels and eateries along India's highways that sell liquor can't do so starting today, after the Supreme Court refused to modify a ban it placed on such establishments last year.
Liquor vendors located within 500 metres of a national or state highway cannot sell alcohol. But the Supreme Court has said that in municipal bodies with a population of 20,000 or less along the highways, the distance is 220 metres.
The ban that comes into effect today isn't exactly a bolt from the blue. Here's a short timeline of events that led up to it.
TIMELINE
1. In 2013, the Supreme Court asked the national highways ministry to draft a policy asking states to shut shops along national highways.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/supreme-court-liquor-ban-on-highway/1/918043.html
And now banned Highway liquor vends and bars…
Dry way on the highway: Supreme Court's 2016 ban on liquor sales comes into effect today
The Supreme Court refused to modify a ban it placed last year on the sale of liquor along highways.
Shops, hotels and eateries along India's highways that sell liquor can't do so starting today, after the Supreme Court refused to modify a ban it placed on such establishments last year.
Liquor vendors located within 500 metres of a national or state highway cannot sell alcohol. But the Supreme Court has said that in municipal bodies with a population of 20,000 or less along the highways, the distance is 220 metres.
The ban that comes into effect today isn't exactly a bolt from the blue. Here's a short timeline of events that led up to it.
TIMELINE
1. In 2013, the Supreme Court asked the national highways ministry to draft a policy asking states to shut shops along national highways.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/supreme-court-liquor-ban-on-highway/1/918043.html