Supreme Court of India
The Kerala Bar Hotels Association &anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
Resultantly the clientele of the hotels that have been allowed FL-3 licenses and those that have not.
Judgment, page 30
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: 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 no illegality or irrationality with the intention 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. Art.47- Duty of State to improve public health-
Authorities it was built on
- 2001 Balco Employees Union (regd.) v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1978 In Re the Special Courts Bill, 1978 v. -
- 1994 M/s Khoday Distilleries Ltd. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. Etc.
- 2006 Reliance Airport Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India and Ors.
- 2010 State of Kerala & Anr. v. B. Six Holiday Resorts (p) Ltd. & Etc.
- 1978 P. N. Kaushal Etc. v. Union of India
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