Punjab Excise Act, 1914

The Tamil Nadu government issued a loan‑waiver scheme that benefitted only small and marginal farmers, prompting a petition that the scheme violated Article 14 by arbitrarily excluding larger farmers. The Madurai Bench of the High Court held the classification arbitrary and directed the benefit be extended to all farme…

The International Spirits and Wines Association of India challenged the Haryana Liquor License (Amendment) Rules, 2017 which introduced Rule 24(i‑eeee) creating a single L‑1BF licence for the entire state to trade in imported foreign liquor. The issue was whether the Financial Commissioner, acting under Section 59 of t…

In 1980 a hooch tragedy in Kalanwali, Haryana, caused 36 deaths and 44 permanent blindings after victims consumed liquor adulterated with methyl alcohol. Krishan and Som Nath, licensees of the liquor vend, were convicted by the trial court under IPC sections 302, 328 and 120B. The High Court acquitted them, holding tha…