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‘No Public Interest’ says K’taka HC dismissing PIL seeking opening of wine shops

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Bengaluru: Stating that there was no ‘Public Interest’ in it, the Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for the opening of wine shops amid the lockdown. 

The court also imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on the petitioner.

A division bench of Justice SA Oka and Justice BV Nagarathna, during a hearing over video conferencing said that the PIL holds no public interest as there are many people who are currently deprived of the basic necessity of food.

The petitioner, Dr Vinod Kulkarni, who is the President of GB Kulkarni Memorial Legal Trust, stated that he would withdraw the PIL and donate the cost of Rs 10,000 to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for COVID-19.

The court said it would not pass an order imposing the cost but asked Kulkarni to forward the receipt of the amount to the judicial registrar within two weeks.

Dr Kulkarni had asked the Court to direct the state government to open the wine shops at least for a few hours, as he cited earlier instances of people suffering alcohol withdrawal symptoms and taking their own lives.

 

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