Punjab admits in SC: Expressing concern over the fast growing illegal liquor business and drug trafficking in Punjab, the Supreme Court said on Monday that the youth will be destroyed by this evil. The court asked the state government to fix accountability of the local police for failing to exercise vigilance. ,The government gave this assurance to the court

A bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar asked the Punjab government to explain the specific steps taken to curb the production and sale of illicit liquor. Senior advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, appearing for the Punjab government, assured the court that the state is taking action and will stop the sale of illicit liquor 07 has destroyed more than thousand furnaces.

The bench said, youth will be finished

The bench said that as far as Punjab is concerned, the drug problem is increasing. Youth will end. It is very unfortunate that this is happening. Who is the victim? poor people Manufacturing and transportation of illegal liquor has to be stopped. Because, ultimately it affects health and society. It was said that if someone wanted to destroy the country and especially the border state, they would start from the borders. Every extra precaution should be taken to save the country. Ask your government to be very serious. He will have to do everything possible to save the country. It is very easy to destroy the youth of the country.

07 Next hearing will be on December

The Supreme Court is hearing a petition arising out of an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dated September 2020 which disposed of a petition seeking transfer of some FIRs lodged in Punjab relating to manufacture, sale and inter-state smuggling of spurious liquor to the CBI. The High Court disposed of the petition after the state counsel assured that the concerns raised by the petitioners would be duly addressed and appropriate action would be initiated. Sinha told the Supreme Court that in the last two years 63 More than thousand FIRs have been registered. The bench posted the matter for further hearing 13 Dec date set.

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Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 3: 09 PM IST