Patna HC strikes down Bihar government's Prohibition of Liquor Act
September 30, 2016 12:30
The Patna high court today struck down the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act terming it as illegal.
Four months after Bihar pased a law banning alcohol in the state, it brought about ammendments by which all adults in a family were made liable if one drank or kept liquor at home.
Additionally, the law allowed a Collector to extern a drinker for 6 months.