NEW DELHI: In a relief to the Nitish Kumar government, Supreme Court today stayed the operation of Patna High Court judgement quashing the state’s law banning sale and consumption of all types of liquor, saying liquor and fundamental rights “do not go together”.
A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U lalit also issued notices to all the respondents including some liquor manufacturers, on whose plea the high court had held as illegal and unconstitutional Bihar Government’s prohibition law and posted the matter for hearing after eight weeks.
“Liquor and fundamental rights do not go together,” was how the apex court observed before passing the interim order on the appeal against the high court’s verdict.
“As an interim measure, it is directed that there shall be stay of operation of the judgement and order passed by the division bench of the Patna high court,” the bench said. (AGENCIES)
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