New Delhi: The apex court refuses to put a stay on liquor sales across the nation amidst COVID-19 induced lockdown. According to reports, the Supreme Court said that state governments should consider online delivery of liquor inorder to avoid massive queeing up infront of wine shops.
In the latest guidelines issued by the Union home ministry, sale of liquor, paan, tobacco is allowed, ensuring minimum six-feet social distancing while no more than five people will be allowed inside a shop at a time.
The court said that they are not inclined to entertain this petition and left on the states to decide the matter and consider home delivery and online sale.
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The court was bearing a PIL which sought to declare the new COVID-19 guidelines issued to the extent that sale of liquor during the lockdown through direct sales contact be considered unconstitutional, null and void.
It is to be noted that most liquor outlets are operating without ensuring social distancing norms and consumers are thronging wine shops without proper precautionary measures including face masks, which are deemed compulsory.
