Jaipur: Amid a debate and protests over the ban on liquor shops along highways to reduce drink driving, an order in Rajasthan may enable the state to skirt the Supreme Court ruling.
The popular tourism state is set to designate sections of highways passing through populated areas as urban roads if they are connected by a bypass. The move will make stretches of highways immune to the court order banning liquor shops within a range of 500 meters from highways.
The order will apply on roads passing through limits of cities and towns, say officials.
On Friday, the top court dismissed petitions seeking a reprieve on the ban, including from state governments which had sought more time to implement the order.
"The objective is to check drunken driving and so there is no dilution of the original order passed by this court. Drunken driving as the objective is a major cause of road accidents in the country," a bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar ruled.
It also ordered the removal of all liquor banners and advertisements from such routes.
The popular tourism state is set to designate sections of highways passing through populated areas as urban roads if they are connected by a bypass. The move will make stretches of highways immune to the court order banning liquor shops within a range of 500 meters from highways.
The order will apply on roads passing through limits of cities and towns, say officials.
On Friday, the top court dismissed petitions seeking a reprieve on the ban, including from state governments which had sought more time to implement the order.
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"The objective is to check drunken driving and so there is no dilution of the original order passed by this court. Drunken driving as the objective is a major cause of road accidents in the country," a bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar ruled.
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It also ordered the removal of all liquor banners and advertisements from such routes.
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