The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Bihar authorities to answer petitions difficult the Constitutional validity of its controversial prohibition legislation — The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — inside three weeks.
A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar additionally transferred comparable petitions pending earlier than Patna High Court to the SC. The courtroom mentioned that since “identical issue is pending consideration before this court, it is appropriate that the other writ petitions filed before the High Court to be transferred and heard along with the SLP pending here”.
Hearing the petitions, together with one by the International Spirits and Wines Association of India, the bench mentioned all of them query the validity of the prohibition legislation. “The reply has been filed before Patna High Court and now it cannot be improved,” it mentioned.
“You file your affidavit. Same arguments, similar affidavit and similar materials will likely be related in all circumstances, because the validity is underneath problem in all of them.”
The courtroom will now hear the matter within the first week of April.
While rejecting 40 appeals filed by the state authorities towards grant of anticipatory and common bail by the HC to these charged underneath the legislation, a bench headed by CJI NV Ramana had on January 11 expressed concern over the influence of the legislation on the working of the courts.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
