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Alcohol is a subject in the State List under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. [10] [11] [12] Therefore, the laws governing alcohol vary from state to state. Liquor in India is generally sold at liquor stores, restaurants, hotels, bars, pubs, clubs and discos but not online.
Sale [and consumption] of any type of alcohol in hotels, bars, clubs and any other place will be illegal from today onwards." [12] Violating the law carries a penalty of 5 years to 10 years imprisonment. [13] On 30 September 2016, the Patna High Court ruled that the ban is "illegal, impractical and unconstitutional". [14]
According to the government data of 2015, 48% of the West Bengal state's market share is Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), 39% is the Bangla drink. 11% of the market share is beer and the remaining 2% are occupied by wine and other spirits. [3] Bangla is generally consumed by those who cannot afford other more expensive alcohol. [4]
The Department has two branches, the Legislative Branch and the Official Language Branch. The Law Department is assigned with the legislative drafting, publication of notifications, Bills, Ordinances and amendments to Bill and Acts, rules and by-laws through official gazettes of the other administrative Departments of the West Bengal. It also ...
But no establishment can serve or sell any alcohol between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday mornings. As marijuana becomes more widely legalized, similar differences may begin to appear.
The law does not prohibit minors from buying, attempting to buy or consuming alcohol. [176] Law on Public Peace and Order (2015) Article 25 prohibits providing alcohol beverages to minors. Law on Internal Trade (2010), Article 10 prohibits the sale in the retail trade of alcohol beverages to persons under 18 years of age. Bulgaria: None [177]
The liquor store was also named in a lawsuit over the death of a 16-year-old Bartonville girl.
The alphabetised list of native traditional drinks is as follows: Akani- palm sap from Tamil Nadu. Apo – traditional drink from Arunachal Pradesh made from fermented rice; Arrack-distilled from a wash of palm Jagger, herbs etc. from Kerala; Bangla – a distilled country liquor made from starch and sold in West Bengal by government licensed ...