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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 ...
Gujarat: Illegal: Non-Residents of Gujarat can apply for limited Liquor Permits. Banned since 1960. [21] Haryana: 21 [14] The Punjab Excise Act, which also extends to Haryana, prohibits establishments from employing "women in any part of such premises in which such liquor or intoxicating drug is consumed by the public". [22]
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. The Act empowers the police to arrest a person for purchasing, consuming or serving alcohol without the permit with punishment ranging from three months to five years in prison.
The spurious liquor was then sold to more than 100 people in the villages of Ahmedabad, Botad and Surendranagar. The Gujarat government said that the deaths were caused by "chemical poisoning" caused by 98.71% to 98.99% methanol, illegally sourced from an employee of a chemical packaging company, who sold it to bootleggers from different ...
Bangladesh (license required; illegal during Ramadan) [5] Brunei (Non-Muslims over 17 years of age may have a limited amount of alcohol, but must declare it to the customs authorities on arrival, and must consume it in private) [6] Canada Yukon (in some communities) [citation needed] Northwest Territories (in some communities) [1]
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]
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are government owned establishments, which are established and owned by the Government of India or State governments of India.The public sector undertakings are established either by nationalisation or an executive order in case of union government and state government or act of parliament in case of union government and act of state legislature in case of ...