A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Uttarakhand High Court challenging a notification issued by Uttarakhand government, by which it has sought to convert State highways into District Roads..The petition filed by Youth Bar Association of India, has alleged that the notification dated April 8, 2017 has been issued with the object of circumventing a judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on December 15, 2016..In the said judgment, the Supreme Court, taking note of increasing road accidents and causalities arising from such accidents due to drunken driving, had prohibited sale of liquor within 500 meters of National and State Highways..The petitioner has contended that the notification issued by the State government is an unscrupulous way to annul the decision of the Supreme Court. The petition states:.“Now in order to annul the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and to extend the benefits to the liquor vendors, the Government of Uttarakhand vide impugned notification dated 8/04/2017 converted the State Highways to District roads in a very unscrupulous, arbitrary, whimsical and unreasonable manner.”.The petitioner has prayed for quashing the notification. The case is likely to be listed on April 17. Advocate Sanpreet Singh Ajmani, who is the President of Youth Bar Association of India, will appear in the matter..Read the petition below.
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Uttarakhand High Court challenging a notification issued by Uttarakhand government, by which it has sought to convert State highways into District Roads..The petition filed by Youth Bar Association of India, has alleged that the notification dated April 8, 2017 has been issued with the object of circumventing a judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on December 15, 2016..In the said judgment, the Supreme Court, taking note of increasing road accidents and causalities arising from such accidents due to drunken driving, had prohibited sale of liquor within 500 meters of National and State Highways..The petitioner has contended that the notification issued by the State government is an unscrupulous way to annul the decision of the Supreme Court. The petition states:.“Now in order to annul the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and to extend the benefits to the liquor vendors, the Government of Uttarakhand vide impugned notification dated 8/04/2017 converted the State Highways to District roads in a very unscrupulous, arbitrary, whimsical and unreasonable manner.”.The petitioner has prayed for quashing the notification. The case is likely to be listed on April 17. Advocate Sanpreet Singh Ajmani, who is the President of Youth Bar Association of India, will appear in the matter..Read the petition below.