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Kerala High Court:<\/strong> While relying upon the Supreme Court decision in Kerala Bar Hotels Association<\/em>\u00a0v. State of Kerala<\/em>, (2015) 16 SCC 421<\/a>, the Division Bench of P.R. Ramachandra Menon, Dama Seshadri\u00a0Naidu, JJ. upheld the Government\u2019s power to regulate or prohibit consumption of liquor, and held\u00a0that such regulation cannot be said to be in violation of right to privacy.\u00a0The appellant contended that the new Abkari Policy by which the Kerala Government had decided to shut\u00a0down the liquor retail outlets in a phased manner had indirectly prohibited liquor consumption and thereby\u00a0violated his fundamental right to life and privacy.<\/p>\n

The High Court noted that the Article 47 of the Constitution places a responsibility on every State\u00a0Government to at least contain if not curtail consumption of alcohol. The Courts, therefore, shall\u00a0encourage rather than strike down policies such as the impugned Policy. The Court also noted\u00a0that judicial review is justified only if the policy is arbitrary, unfair, or violative of fundamental rights\u00a0and it has found no illegality or irrationality with the intention of the State to clamp down on\u00a0consumption of alcohol. It further observed that right to privacy, like other fundamental rights is\u00a0subject to reasonable restrictions. Moreover, if conflict between fundamental rights and directive\u00a0principles is inevitable, the common good takes the lead and subordinates the individual\u2019s\u00a0inclinations. The writ appeal was accordingly dismissed. [Anoop M.S. v. State of Kerala,\u00a02017 SCC OnLine Ker 60<\/a>, decided on January 12, 2017]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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