SC rejects plea to ban liquor, fines petitioner 1 lakh rupees

The Supreme Court has found 'no merit' in a plea seeking a ban on liquor across the country claiming that it caused death, health problems, rise in crime graph and financial loss to the people.

The top court rejected the plea and also imposed Rs 1 lakh as costs on the petitioner NGO Chaitanya Sravanthi, a Vishakhapatnam-based organisation .

A bench of justices R F Nariman and Navin Sinha said that there was 'no merit' in the plea and it was dismissed with the costs to be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks.