Liquor should not be sold between 10 pm on December 31, the court said (Representational)
Chennai:
The Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed New Year celebrations in the neighboring state of Puducherry, but banned the sale of liquor.
A division bench of Justices S Vaidyanathan and D Bharat Chakraborty passed the order on a plea by Puducherry resident GA Jagannathan, seeking a ban on gatherings citing the spread of COVID-19. He said other states, including neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, had not allowed the celebrations.
The court, however, directed that liquor should not be sold between 10 pm on December 31 and 1 am on January 1, 2022.
The petitioner contended that the Government of Puducherry allowed the celebration of New Year without reference to the ground reality and could result in the spread of COVID-19/Omicron.
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