'Who Controls Alcohol?' Why Centre & States Locked Horns In Supreme Court Over Liquor

The Supreme Court has constituted a special nine-judge constitutional bench to answer if 'industrial alcohol' is the same as 'intoxicating liquor.'

The answer to this question is crucial to decide who gets money generated from the taxes on liquor and liquor products. ( Image Source :Canva )

The Supreme Court this week has constituted a special nine-judge constitutional bench to answer if 'industrial alcohol' is the same as 'intoxicating liquor.' The answer to this question is crucial to decide who gets money generated from the taxes on liquor and liquor products. The states maintain that they have exclusive jurisdiction over all sorts of alcohol, be it fit for human consumption or not. Whereas a seven-judge Supreme Court bench in 1997 had ruled that Centre will have regulatory