Tamil Nadu challenges HC order on liquor sale

New Delhi, May 9

The Tamil Nadu Government today moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court order disallowing sale of liquor in the state during Covid-19 lockdown.

Terming the May 8 order of the HC as factually untenable and legally unsustainable, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) said the net effect of order was a “complete and indefinite standstill of the sale of liquor, leading to grave losses to the state’s revenue and commercial activity”. The HC order was a clear case of judicial overreach, it asserted. The HC had passed the order following complaints of large-scale violations of the guidelines issued by the state and the HC for sale of liquor during lockdown. — TNS