Supreme Court bans liquor shops on all national and state highways

The Supreme Court has ordered a ban on all liquor shops on national as well as state highways across the country and has also made it clear that licenses of existing shops will not be renewed after March 31 next year.
This has been decided by a three-judge bench and they have also directed that all signages indicating presence of liquor vends will be prohibited on national and state highways.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com date 15 December 2016.

The apex court had expressed concern over the fact that there were 1.5 lakh fatalities every year in road mishaps. The 2015 report of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had indicated that almost five lakh accidents occurred last year in India in which 1,46,000 people were killed and thrice the number were injured.
In fact, an analysis of road accident data pertaining to 2015 reveals that around 1,374 accidents and 400 deaths take place every day on Indian roads - this translates into 57 accidents and loss of 17 lives on an average every hour.


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