NEW DELHI: The Delhi prime court on Friday agreed to inspect a plea wondering the current legal age of consuming and buying alcohol, fastened at 25 years as consistent with law.
HC sought the response from the AAP govt on the PIL that seeks quashing of a provision in the Delhi Excise Act, which prescribes 25 years because the minimal legal age for buying and consuming alcohol.
A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a realize to the excise department of the federal government on the plea, which when compared the legal age fastened in Delhi with decrease consuming age prevalent in different states. “An individual coming to Delhi from a state which legalises consuming at 18 years is likely to proceed eating alcohol, thus criminalising his/her behaviour. On the other hand young persons from Delhi traveling to states which have decrease legal ages to devour alcohol raises the query how an individual via shifting his/her location becomes accountable,” the plea stated.
The court posted the matter for subsequent hearing in October. The PIL filed via lawyer Kush Kalra has sought quashing of Section 23 of Delhi Excise Act, 2009 which prescribes 25 years because the legal age of consuming in Delhi.
The plea has also sought to grasp what steps the federal government has taken in opposition to prohibiting and regulating the sale and supply of alcohol to persons below 25 years of age in the National Capital Territory, arguing that the authorities are unable to put into effect the legal age.
Kalra informed the court that while the legal age for consuming in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Telangana and Jharkhand used to be 21, in Rajasthan and Puducherry it used to be 18 years. He also contended that according to experiences about 67% of the population in the age staff of 18-25 years bought alcohol from liquor vends but are by no means requested for any age evidence.
The PIL has sought directions to the Delhi govt to behavior consciousness programmes on accountable consumption of alcohol amongst college and college scholars via together with it in the curriculum fairly than implementing a legal age that can’t be enforced.
HC sought the response from the AAP govt on the PIL that seeks quashing of a provision in the Delhi Excise Act, which prescribes 25 years because the minimal legal age for buying and consuming alcohol.
A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a realize to the excise department of the federal government on the plea, which when compared the legal age fastened in Delhi with decrease consuming age prevalent in different states. “An individual coming to Delhi from a state which legalises consuming at 18 years is likely to proceed eating alcohol, thus criminalising his/her behaviour. On the other hand young persons from Delhi traveling to states which have decrease legal ages to devour alcohol raises the query how an individual via shifting his/her location becomes accountable,” the plea stated.
The court posted the matter for subsequent hearing in October. The PIL filed via lawyer Kush Kalra has sought quashing of Section 23 of Delhi Excise Act, 2009 which prescribes 25 years because the legal age of consuming in Delhi.
The plea has also sought to grasp what steps the federal government has taken in opposition to prohibiting and regulating the sale and supply of alcohol to persons below 25 years of age in the National Capital Territory, arguing that the authorities are unable to put into effect the legal age.
Kalra informed the court that while the legal age for consuming in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Telangana and Jharkhand used to be 21, in Rajasthan and Puducherry it used to be 18 years. He also contended that according to experiences about 67% of the population in the age staff of 18-25 years bought alcohol from liquor vends but are by no means requested for any age evidence.
The PIL has sought directions to the Delhi govt to behavior consciousness programmes on accountable consumption of alcohol amongst college and college scholars via together with it in the curriculum fairly than implementing a legal age that can’t be enforced.
Plea in HC for lower drinking age in Delhi
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