ARRIVE SAFE SOCIETY OF CHANDIGARH versus THE UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH & ANR.

ARRIVE SAFE SOCIETY OF CHANDIGARH versus THE UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH & ANR.

Re-classification of inter-sectoral internal city roads from state highways to major district roads by Chandigarh Administration did not breach or circumvent Supreme Court directions regarding prohibition of liquor licences along highways, as the judgment intended to address highways providing city/town/village connectivity, not internal municipal roads.

Parties
Petitioner: Arrive Safe Society of Chandigarh; Respondents: Union Territory of Chandigarh & Anr.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
11 July 2017
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Decision on SLP Against High Court Judgment
Outcome
Special Leave Petition dismissed
Legal Topics
Liquor Licence Regulation, State and National Highways, Administrative Re Classification of Roads
Constitutional Law Administrative Law Liquor Licence Regulation State and National Highways Administrative Re Classification of Roads

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Parties

Arrive Safe Society of Chandigarh

Petitioner

Union Territory of Chandigarh & Anr.

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Decision on SLP Against High Court Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Chandigarh Administration's re-classification of certain city roads from state highways to major district roads violates the Supreme Court's directions banning the sale of liquor along and in proximity to national and state highways

Ratio Decidendi

Re-classification of inter-sectoral internal city roads from state highways to major district roads by Chandigarh Administration did not breach or circumvent Supreme Court directions regarding prohibition of liquor licences along highways, as the judgment intended to address highways providing city/town/village connectivity, not internal municipal roads.

Court Disposition

Special Leave Petition dismissed

Orders

  • Special Leave Petition and intervention application dismissed.