Dec 29th : SC today upheld Ooman Govts liquor policy which was previously upheld by High Court and challenged in apex court.
It has paved the way for implementing chandy’s policy of liquor free state. It can now move forward to serve compliance action to bar owners to whom it has served notices a year back
We are happy that the Supreme Court’s division bench has upheld our decision. From now on, we will be going ahead very strongly with our anti-liquor campaign programmes as we want this habit to be removed from our society,” Kerala’s Excise Minister K. Babu told reporters just after the apex court’s verdict on Tuesday.
Raj kumar Unni(President hotel association ) told us that “we will seek legal advice on how to move forward,” .