Supreme Court of India

The Kerala Bar Hotels Association &anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 11 S.C.R. 256
Bench Vikramajit Sen and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 29 December 2015

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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-

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