The Supreme Court today ordered ban on liquor shops on national and state highways across the country. The ban will be effective from April next year.
The Apex court said that all existing licences of liquor shops on highways will not be renewed after March 31, 2017. It further ordered that such shops must be at least 500 metres away from state and national highways, and that liquor banners and ads be removed.
The court was hearing petitions challenging various high court verdicts which held that liquor shops be located at a distance from state highways so that they are neither visible nor accessible to the commuters.