Kerala HC On NH Liquor Prohibition: Distance From Highway’s Outer Edge To Liquor Outlet Relevant, Not To Its Gate [Read Judgment]

With regard to prohibition of liquor outlets near the national highways, the Kerala High Court has held that the relevant distance is to be measured from the outer edge of the highway to the vending point or the liquor outlet and not to the gate of the property where such outlet is established.The court was examining the state’s contention that for determining the 500-metre distance, a...