The Kerala High Court today extended the interim order permitting 292 bars to function in the state until further orders.<\/p>\n
The order in this regard was issued by a division benchcomprising justices K T Sankaran and Babu Mathew P Joseph while hearing appeals by bar owners and the state government against the ruling of a single judge partially upholding the current year’s Abkari policy.<\/p>\n
The arguments in the case are continuing before the division bench.<\/p>\n
Earlier, a single judge had upheld the state excise policyfor 2014-15 thus paving the way for closure of over 700 odd bars, including the 418 bars whose licences were not renewed.<\/p>\n
While the government had allowed bars only in hotels inthe five-star category and above, on appeals by 312 bar owners, a single judge permitted 33 bars in four-star category and in 8 heritage hotels to function, besides the 21 in five star hotels.<\/p>\n
The court subsequently ordered that status quo should be<\/p>\n
maintained with regard to remaining 292 bars which was again extended today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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