https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471638 Under the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act and Country Spirit Rules, a CS-1 licence for manufacture, bottling and wholesale supply of country spirit requires State Government approval and operation within an area determined by the Excise Commissioner. The governing provisions do not prescribe prior participation in a tender process or prior allotment of an operational area as licence conditions. Although no fundamental right exists to trade in liquor, the State's grant of liquor privileges must satisfy Article 14 and cannot be arbitrary. Refusal solely for non-participation in tendering is therefore inconsistent with the statutory scheme and requires reconsideration without those extraneous conditions. en-us Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:27:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471638 Under the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act and Country Spirit Rules, a CS-1 licence for manufacture, bottling and wholesale supply of country spirit requires State Government approval and operation within an area determined by the Excise Commissioner. The governing provisions do not prescribe prior participation in a tender process or prior allotment of an operational area as licence conditions. Although no fundamental right exists to trade in liquor, the State's grant of liquor privileges must satisfy Article 14 and cannot be arbitrary. Refusal solely for non-participation in tendering is therefore inconsistent with the statutory scheme and requires reconsideration without those extraneous conditions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471638