https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193701 Road safety and protection of human life were treated as paramount, and liquor vends on national and state highways were prohibited because easy access to alcohol was seen as increasing the risk of drunken driving. No distinction was accepted between highway stretches inside municipal or local limits and other stretches, as such an exception would undermine the policy and offend equality principles. Existing renewed licences were allowed to continue only until expiry and in any event not beyond 1 April 2017. Liquor shops were also required to remain non-visible, non-accessible and outside the prescribed distance from the highway edge or service lane, with signages and advertisements barred. en-us Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193701 Road safety and protection of human life were treated as paramount, and liquor vends on national and state highways were prohibited because easy access to alcohol was seen as increasing the risk of drunken driving. No distinction was accepted between highway stretches inside municipal or local limits and other stretches, as such an exception would undermine the policy and offend equality principles. Existing renewed licences were allowed to continue only until expiry and in any event not beyond 1 April 2017. Liquor shops were also required to remain non-visible, non-accessible and outside the prescribed distance from the highway edge or service lane, with signages and advertisements barred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193701