Delhi Restaurants Serve Liquor

The Delhi Police Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it was not in favour of places like bars and restaurants serving liquor here being permitted to remain operational till 3 am.

In a move to facilitate ease of doing business, the Delhi government has merged four separate licenses in the run up to implementation of its new excise policy from November 17.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Delhi government on a plea to put in place a robust mechanism for mandatory age check at liquor shops, bars and restaurants serving alcohol with government identity cards.

The changes are seen as a welcome respite for the F&B industry, which was one of the worst affected due to lockdown guidelines.

Liquor will soon be served across hotels and restaurants in Delhi that have the license to do so, but bars will not be open yet. In view of the revenue situation, the cash-strapped Delhi government has asked the Excise Department to "issue necessary permission for service of liquor in restaurants and clubs by licensees at the table and in the hotel...

The owner and manager of a restaurant in Delhi's South Extension-1 area were arrested for serving illegal liquor at a party, a Delhi Excise Department official said.

The Delhi High Court was informed that several restaurants, which also served liquor, at the Hauz Khas village in Delhi were running in a prohibited area near ancient monuments and a school.

Around 50 pubs, restaurants and hotels, located within 500 metres of highways in Delhi, will not be able to serve liquor tomorrow onwards.

Smaller restaurants in the city will soon be able to serve beer and wine with Delhi Government deciding to allow them to serve spirits with low alcohol content keeping the coming Commonwealth Games in mind."We will issue L 4D licence to restaurants allowing them to serve beer and wine," Delhi Finance Minister A K Walia, who also looks after the exc...

The Delhi Police Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it was not in favour of places like bars and restaurants serving liquor here being permitted to remain operational till 3 am.

In a move to facilitate ease of doing business, the Delhi government has merged four separate licenses in the run up to implementation of its new excise policy from November 17.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Delhi government on a plea to put in place a robust mechanism for mandatory age check at liquor shops, bars and restaurants serving alcohol with government identity cards.

The changes are seen as a welcome respite for the F&B industry, which was one of the worst affected due to lockdown guidelines.

Liquor will soon be served across hotels and restaurants in Delhi that have the license to do so, but bars will not be open yet. In view of the revenue situation, the cash-strapped Delhi government has asked the Excise Department to "issue necessary permission for service of liquor in restaurants and clubs by licensees at the table and in the hotel...

The owner and manager of a restaurant in Delhi's South Extension-1 area were arrested for serving illegal liquor at a party, a Delhi Excise Department official said.

The Delhi High Court was informed that several restaurants, which also served liquor, at the Hauz Khas village in Delhi were running in a prohibited area near ancient monuments and a school.

Around 50 pubs, restaurants and hotels, located within 500 metres of highways in Delhi, will not be able to serve liquor tomorrow onwards.

Smaller restaurants in the city will soon be able to serve beer and wine with Delhi Government deciding to allow them to serve spirits with low alcohol content keeping the coming Commonwealth Games in mind."We will issue L 4D licence to restaurants allowing them to serve beer and wine," Delhi Finance Minister A K Walia, who also looks after the exc...