Clause 5.1 (ii) of the New Excise Policy issued by the Delhi government allows bars in hotels, restaurants and clubs to operate till 3 AM.
The Court, however, observed that it didn’t intend to stand in the way of the Delhi government’s Excise Department, which had come up with the policy allowing hotels, restaurants and clubs to serve alcohol till 3 AM.
“It may be observed that while the Court does not intend to stand in the way of the Excise Department framing a policy or the exercise of power flowing from the Act and the Rules, that would necessarily have to tempered by and harmonised with the authority of the Delhi Police to regulate the operational timing of eating houses and places of public entertainment as conferred by the 1978 Act and the Regulations framed thereunder,” the order underlined.
Source: Barandbench
