The petition has been filed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who argued that rather than taking steps to prohibit/control the consumption and production of liquor and drugs, the State government has, in the last seven years, made Delhi a “Liquor Capital of India.” This, he says, violates the rights of the people under Article 21 of the Constitution.
“Petitioner submits that Delhi has a total 280 municipal wards and until 2015, there were only 250 liquor shops i.e. on an average, one liquor shop in every municipal ward and 30 wards without a single liquor shop. However, under the New Liquor Policy, State government is planning to drastically increase the number of liquor shops and it would be around three liquor shops in every municipal ward, which is not only arbitrary and irrational but also brazenly offends rule of law as well as right to health guaranteed under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution,” the petition stated.
Source: Barandbench
