PATNA: If there is one sector which has been quite critical of the prevailing liquor prohibition regime in Bihar, it’s the judiciary. The judiciary has often expressed its displeasure over courts handling lakhs of cases related to bail of liquor offenders, seizure of vehicles and confiscation of properties under Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, affecting the routine functioning of the courts.
On January 11 this year, the Supreme Court had orally made remark that the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 has created such an impact on the functioning of the Patna high court that even listing of matters is taking weeks as the court is busy in hearing bail matters of the accused booked under the Act. The apex court again remarked on March 8 that “Bihar government had brought the prohibition law without any legislative impact study”.
