HC refuses to stay order increasing drinking age limit to 25

February 07, 2013 15:53

The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a PIL filed by actor Imran Khan and refused to grant a stay on a notification increasing legal age limit to consume liquor from 21 to 25 years.

A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A V Mohta today said the matter requires consideration and hence it cannot grant stay on the September 2009 notification.

In September 2011, Imran Khan had approached the High Court challenging Maharashtra government's proposal to increase the legal age limit to consume liquor from 21 to 25 years.

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