Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 949 · Decided 29 December 2015
The Kerala Bar Hotels Association &ANR. v. State of Kerala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 949 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 256
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4157/2015
- Decided
- 29 December 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 47
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: C Art.14 - Exclusion of Five star hotels in the State of Kera/a from ban to serve alcohol in their bars - Constitutional validity of - Held: Banning public consumption of alcohol is a positive step toward bringing down the consumption of alcohol- There is with the intention D of the State to clamp down on public consumption of alcohol - The impugned policy, therefore, cannot be written off as arbitrary or procedurally unsound - Foreign Liquor Rules Abkari Act, 1077 - ss. 10 and 24 to 29. E Art.47- Duty of State to improve public health-
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