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Madras High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Dr Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., while addressing a petition on announcing total prohibition of alcohol sale, manufacture and consumption, held that the said is a policy decision of the State and\u00a0 Court cannot interfere in the same.<\/p>\n

Petition was filed to seek direction with regard to notify and announce total prohibition of Alcohol, manufacture, sale and consumption in the State.<\/p>\n

Petitioner’s counsel urged that State is likely to reopen the liquor shops and it is not in the interest of the general public.<\/p>\n

Adding to the above, he also submitted that due to the prohibition imposed during lockdown period due to COVID-19, people became accustomed to not having liquor and the said practice on continuation may save several ills and crimes in the Society and therefore, he sought a direction to the State to impose complete prohibition on the sale of liquor in the State, referring to Article 47, Part IV of the Constitution of India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bench held that it would not interfere with the matter of State Policy of opening or re-opening of State Liquor shops, since the Centre had also already indicated allowing re-opening of liquor shops in present stage of COVID Lockdown.<\/p>\n

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Article 47 of the Constitution of India is not an enforceable right of the petitioner and therefore, it does not give rise or any cause of action of the petitioner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Thus in view of the above, petition stands dismissed. [R. Dhanasekaran v. Chief Secy., Govt. of T.N., 2020 SCC OnLine Mad 976<\/b><\/a>, decided on 04-05-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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