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Gujarat is the only Indian state with a death penalty for the manufacture and sale of homemade liquor that results in fatalities. The legislation is titled the Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009. [29] The legislation was prompted by numerous deaths resulting from the consumption of methyl alcohol. [30]
The Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009 is an Act of Gujarat Legislative Assembly which prohibits manufacture, selling, buying or distributing of Laththa (spurious liquor). The Act defines Laththa as spurious liquor, which contains methanol or any other poisonous substances which may cause harmful or injurious effects to the human ...
In India, consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Nagaland, [2] and Mizoram, as well as the union territory of Lakshadweep. There is partial ban on alcohol in some districts of Manipur. [3] All other Indian states permit alcohol consumption but fix a legal drinking age, which ranges at different ages per region.
The Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 is an Act of the Bombay Legislative Assembly relating to the promotion and enforcement of alcohol prohibition in the Bombay State. The Bombay state was divided into the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960. [1] Under the Act a permit is mandatory to purchase, possess, consume or serve liquor.
Alcohol is prohibited in Gujarat state. Illegal manufacture and sale of toxic alcohol is punishable by death under Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009. The law was made after 2009 Gujarat alcohol poisonings in which more than 136 people had died. [6] Illicit spurious liquor known locally as "lattha", is popular in rural Gujarat.
Gujarat had banned alcohol consumption since 1960 as a homage to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. However bootlegged alcohol, known as Hooch, is widely available, allegedly under the patronage of the local police. [2] Gujarat has witnessed several occasions of alcohol poisoning, claiming the lives of more than 400 people after the ban was enforced. [3]
Gujarat Government Organisations are the commercial and non-commercial establishments in the Indian state of Gujarat by Government of Gujarat or Government of India. This includes the state-run PSUs , Statutory corporations and co-operative societies .
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