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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 15*" DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2010
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK B. HINCHIGERI'~I'.'ij:f Y.
wRIT PETITION Nos.2 21~22 2_1_ E){CI'SEi'_'~.'V"'I: 'I
BETWEEN:
1.
ANDI:_V » "
SRI E NARENDRA
S/O BIMAIAH EDIGA
AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS
PROPRIETOR,
HOTEL BLUE HEAVENS
No.37, 100 FEET ROAD , _
JALAHALLI CROSS, DASA.R.AH~ALL_I *
BANAGALORE -5 E360.._079' *
KUM. ARATI - _ A, 1-, ;; -
D/O KAILASH A j
AGED AB~_Ot}T_ 23_YEARS~ x "
# 32, 5*" MAIN, GAND'H1'*~A_GAR
BANGALORE": 09% I - -~ RETITIONERS
SARI uNISHiT..KLJMAR SHETTY, ADVOCATE)
TH.E'T.COM'fTT1'SSI'i§)'NER OF EXCISE
VAKKALIGARA. BHAVAN
N H K R CIRC4__E,"BANGALORE m 01
A STATE GOVERNMENT
'REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO
D'EPAF{TMENT OF HOME
V' GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
VIDHANA SOUOHA, BANGALORE
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" THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
INFANTRY ROAD, BANGALORE
4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICE
UPPARPET POLICE STATION
EANGALORE RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI R DEVDAS, AGA FOR R1 TO R4)
THESE wRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER .AR’¥1.CLES4226~ ,
AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. P_RAY_ING”TQ» D’IR_E.C’F_ ‘
THE R1 AND 4 NOT TO INTERFERE:VWIT’HIVTHE’ –B__US,INEsV_S*
CARRIED ON BY THE P1 IN HIS BAR AND R.ESTAURAN_T IN».’iTHi’Ei.i
NAME AND STYLE OF “HOTEL BLUE ‘ieiEAvENSff:i3AR ANT)
RESTAURANT SITUATED AT No.317;_S,C.*RoAD, 3i<.E.j'.IC.IR,CLE, v A
BANGALORE 560 009 AND ETC.
THESE WRIT PETITIONSinCONiI’NGi.j’Q;gf-EOR PRELIMINARY
HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT TMA.DE:_THEiEOLLOWINC3:
Sri R.Devc¥a_s,.. fieayrr1.e:d iti__onfalC’ oyernment Advocate
is directed to;V’taSlte”ntOit§_ce t.h’eflr’espondent Nos.1 to 4.
2. The petityiOn,erS _h4a\:/_e cfizestioned the validity of Section
20_(___2.) of thiégkarnatalka Act, 1965 (‘the said Act’ for short)
and=_Ru:i’e.. Karnataka Excise Licences (General
‘:2L_ConditionS).,’RCUSOSE (‘the said Rules’ for short). Section
of prohibits the employment of women in the
the intoxicants are being sold without the
‘Detmission of the Deputy Commissioner. Rule 9(1) of
Rules contain totai prohibition against the employment
women by the excise licensee.
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3. Sri Nishit Kumar Shetty, the iearned counsel for the
petitioners submits that this Court, by its order, dated 24.9.2008
passed in W.P.No.3743/G8 connected with W.P.No.9345/08___has
already deciared Section 20(2) as unconstitutional and Ri.ii~e,:’9.’_iteV
be uitra vires and unenforceable. Foiiowing the said ~
Court, by its order, dated 2.7.2010 passed__ in V
249/1o has passed the order restrainingi-:,’thi,-:5″respiondents”iren’i¥f
interfering with the business of thepetitiori-ers
that the petitioner No.1 is not entit!edVV’:to__e-tnpioiy’worneii in his
bar and restaurant.
4. Sri:v’i”R,Vi’ V/iidditionai Government
Advocate appearing’ is in no position to
dispute the passirig’-ofthe’,’-otders’teferred hereinabove.
is’Vh’o””ihVore res integra, these petitions are
disposed’nine..:tevrhtsv”_j.of the W.P.No.37-43/08 connected with
3iw.ip.No.93giS/03.0 5§m’d W.P.No.20246-249/10 directing the
–«.respondents not to interfere with the business of the petitioner
{i’§i,o_«._1. ground of his employing women in his bar and
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6. These petitions are accorcfingiy ailowed. No order as__to
COSES .
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