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SC allows Bihar liquor manufacturers & sellers to sell existing stock outside state till July 31

Updated: May 29, 2017 08:07:11am
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SC allows Bihar liquor manufacturers & sellers to sell existing stock outside state till July 31

New Delhi, May 29 (KNN) Considering the submission made by liquor manufacturers and sellers in Bihar that they are facing huge financial loss due to liquor ban in the state, Supreme Court has allowed them to sell their existing stock outside state till July 31, 2017.

The apex court has granted them time till July 31 to dispose of their existing stock outside the state.

Bihar Government had imposed a complete ban on liquor in Bihar from April 1, 2016.

A vacation bench headed by Justice A K Sikri considered the submission of the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies that they are facing huge economic loss in view of the ban imposed in the state on sale of alcoholic beverages.

The Confederation said that the existing stock of liquor is of value of almost Rs 200 crore and the firms be allowed to dispose of the stock in other states where liquor is not banned.

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