In Brief
A public safety organisation challenged Chandigarh Administration's 2017 notification that reclassified certain urban roads (V1, V2, V3) from state highways to major district roads, arguing it circumvented the Supreme Court's 2016 judgment prohibiting liquor sales near highways to reduce drunken driving. The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge, holding that the reclassification did not breach the judgment. The Court clarified that the liquor prohibition applies to highways providing inter-city and inter-state connectivity, not internal city roads. The reclassified roads were administrative designations for maintenance purposes only; the actual highways (National Highway 21 and Madhya Marg) remained unaffected, and the notification did not violate the judgment's purpose or terms."
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