The mere use of a vehicle to carry liquor or other intoxicants does not always warrant the confiscation of such a vehicle under Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, held the Patna High Court recently.
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The opposition, both within and outside the state legislature, alleged that the mechanism put in place for the effective enforcement of prohibition in the state went kaput. Tejashwi Yadav
Patna: Opposition on Thursday launched an all-out offensive on the Nitish-led NDA government in Bihar over dissatisfactory enforcement of prohibition in the state.
Not mincing words, he alleged that not less than 50 lakh litres of IMFL had entered Bihar’s borders ever since prohibition was imposed in the state.
Opposition legislators, in the same sequence, tried to disrupt the functioning of the state legislature on Wednesday too. The narrative of a parallel economy created by the ‘not ending demand’ of alcohol has now found takers.