State cannot Ban Production of Extra Neutral Alcohol: Patna HC

1. Challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the Prohibition Act‘), these writ petitions have been filed and the reliefs claimed are to declare Section 2(40) (ii), Section 13, Section 23 and Section 24(1) of the Prohibition Act as ultra vires to the Constitution and in excess to the legislative power of the State, so far as they prohibit manufacture and prevent renewal of license pertaining to industrial alcohol vis-à-vis spirit including silent spirit or ENA. It is said that by including spirit...