2017 (7) TMI 1340

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....te of Tamil Nadu vs K Balu (Civil Appeal Nos.12164-12166 of 2016). Several directions were issued to obviate dangers to the lives and safety of persons using the highways, resulting from the menace of drunken driving. The directions contained in the judgment are reproduced below : "(i) All states and union territories shall forthwith cease and desist from granting licences for the sale of liquor along national and state highways; (ii)The prohibition contained in (i) above shall extend to and include stretches of such highways which fall within the limits of a municipal corporation, city, town or local authority; (iii)The existing licences which have already been renewed prior to the date of this order shall continue until the term ....

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....d V3 roads have been declared as major district roads except for National Highway no.21 and Madhya Marg from Panchkula border to Mullanpur border. 3. The notification dated 16 March 2017 was challenged before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on the ground that it circumvents the judgment of this Court in K.Balu (supra). The contention did not find acceptance and the writ petition filed by the petitioner was rejected. This gave rise to proceedings under Article 136 of the Constitution. 4. After hearing the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the Additional Solicitor General for the Union Territory Administration, we dismissed the petition on 11 July, 2017 and indicated that our reasons would follow. We are accor....

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....vested in Chandigarh Administration. Since funds were being received from the Central Road Fund, in order to utilise these funds for the maintenance of roads, certain internal roads which pass through the city were declared as state highways in addition to National Highway No 21 which passes through Chandigarh. The High Court observed that these roads are in fact inter-sectoral roads, connecting sectors into which the city is divided. However, even after the notification dated 16 March 2017, National Highway no 21 which passes through the city is as it is. So also is the case with Madhya Marg which passes through the city and connects Panchkula in the State of Haryana and Mullanpur in the State of Punjab. Madhya Marg continues to be a state....