Madras High Court orders closure of TASMAC liquor outlets in Tamil Nadu, permits online sale
New Delhi: The Madras High Court on Friday (May 8) ordered the closure of state-run TASMAC liquor shops throughout Tamil Nadu within the wake of violations of social distancing norms amid COVID-19 lockdown. The High Court, nonetheless, permitted on-line sale of liquor.
The courtroom permitted liquor outlets to open solely beneath sure situations and warned them towards violation of norms.
The Tamil Nadu authorities on May four had introduced that the state-run TASMAC liquor shops might be opened in non-containment zones from May 7. These shops have been being opened because the neighbouring states of Andhra and Karnataka opened their liquor shops and residents from Chennai and different bordering districts have been crossing over to get alcohol.
On May 6, the High Court had refused to remain the choice of the Tamil Nadu authorities’s to re-open state-run TASMAC liquor shops. The resolution was relevant for the entire state aside from the outlets falling beneath the Chennai City Police limits.
Some liquor shops obtained a contemporary coat of paint whereas the barricades have been constructed to manage and organise the group. The inventory of liquor bottles safely saved away from the outlets – the place bottles have been stolen in massive numbers – have been transported in vans again to the outlets.
The authorities had ordered social distancing of six toes to be maintained between two individuals standing within the queue.
It additionally got here out with liquor gross sales timings for various age teams – these over 50 years of age should buy from 10 am to 1 pm, these within the age group 40-50 between 1 pm to three pm and for beneath 40 years of age, between three pm and 5 pm.
Earlier within the day, a scuffle broke out between protestors together with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) employees and Police in Madurai throughout an agitation towards the state authorities`s resolution to open liquor outlets amid lockdown.
Women have been main the protest and a few joined the protest with their kids. On Monday, the Tamil Nadu authorities had introduced the opening of TASMAC shops (state-run liquor outlets) in all areas besides in containment zones.
DMK and its allies had on May 6 launched a joint assertion, asserting that they’ll put on black as an emblem of protest and lift slogans towards the state and central governments “on their failure in handling COVID-19 situation”.
“Condemning the opening of the liquor shops, we are going to wear black tomorrow in our respective homes at 10 am and raise slogans against AIADMK government saying `AIADMK government has failed in curtailing coronavirus`,” the assertion had stated.
According to Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, a complete variety of COVID-19 positive circumstances within the state stands at 600. Of these circumstances, 405 are male and 195 are feminine sufferers. Chennai has reported 399 COVID-19 positive circumstances in the present day, he informed media.
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