Roads within city can be exempt from highway liquor ban, observes SC
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A fortnight after the Punjab government amended the law to allow restaurants situated within 500 metres of National Highways to serve liquor within their premises, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that there was nothing wrong with denotifying highways if such roads are within a city.
The court made the observation while hearing a petition filed by NGO 'Arrive Safe Society' through its president Harman Singh Sidhu.
"There are no such issues when the roads are within the city. Denotifying such roads as highways may have intelligible differentia," said the court.
The court also said that the purpose of its ban was to ensure high speeding vehicles on highways don't have drivers under the influence of alcohol.
The court remarks bring a sigh of relief for pubs shut down along the highway. The hearing in the case has been deferred by a week.
On June 23, the Punjab Assembly had passed a Bill to enable hotels, restaurants and other notified places near highways in the state to serve alcohol.
Following which, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notice to the Punjab government.
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