{"id":39222,"date":"2015-09-29T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39222"},"modified":"2015-09-29T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T11:30:35","slug":"jk-hc-asks-state-govt-to-give-view-on-banning-liquor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jk-hc-asks-state-govt-to-give-view-on-banning-liquor","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K HC asks state govt to give view on banning liquor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39223\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/liquor.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jk-hc-asks-state-govt-to-give-view-on-banning-liquor\/liquor-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/liquor.jpg?fit=272%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"272,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"liquor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/liquor.jpg?fit=272%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/liquor.jpg?fit=272%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39223 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/liquor.jpg?resize=272%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"J&amp;K HC asks state govt to give view on banning liquor\" width=\"272\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J&amp;K HC asks state govt to give view on banning liquor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jammu and Kashmir High Court today sought the government&#8217;s view on banning liquor in the state as pleaded in a public interest litigation (PIL).<\/p>\n<p>Admitting the PIL filed by a religious organisatio Karwan-e-Islami, a division bench headed by Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar asked the state government to file its response by October 6.<\/p>\n<p>The court also directed the government to spell out the steps taken by it for closure of liquor shops along the highways and near hospitals, educational institutes and religious places.<\/p>\n<p>Karwan-e-Islami on Wednesday last submitted the PIL seeking a ban on sale and consumption of liquor in the state like in some other states of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation, through its chairman Sheikh Ghulam Rasool Hami, has sought the court&#8217;s intervention, claiming the government had failed to take the necessary steps for prohibition of sale and consumption of liquor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alcohol is freely available at different places in the state and the common masses have easy access to such places,&#8221; said Hami, a resident of Kangan in central Kashmir&#8217;s Ganderbal district.<\/p>\n<p>He said alcohol ruins an individual physically and mentally and he loses his sense of decency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Day in and day out, many humans lose their lives due to drunk-driving. Modesty of women folk is ravished and it has become one of the reasons for social disorder in the society,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Article 38 of the Constitution of India imposes obligation on states to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of people and same cannot be achieved without good public health,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that it is the duty and obligation of the State to take necessary steps to curb the &#8220;menace of liquor which has far-reaching ill effects for the health and well-being of people of Jammu and Kashmir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The constitution of Jammu and Kashmir under section 24 makes it the duty of the State to improve and safeguard public health, Hami said, adding &#8220;This section further imposes obligation on the State of Jammu and Kashmir to curb sale and consumption of liquor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said various states including Gujarat, Nagaland, Manipur, Union territory of Lakshadweep and Kerala have passed necessary laws for banning the sale and consumption of liquor.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu and Kashmir High Court today sought the government&#8217;s view on banning liquor in the state as pleaded in a public interest litigation (PIL). 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