In Brief
A person without a liquor licence was penalized for failing to lift stocks of country-made liquor. The High Court dismissed his writ petition, finding lack of bona fides. After the Supreme Court dismissed his Special Leave Petition, he filed a Miscellaneous Application citing a prior Supreme Court decision on excise duty recovery—an issue he had never raised before. The Supreme Court held that this application was misdirected and used to circumvent the proper review petition procedure. The application was dismissed and the applicant ordered to pay costs of ₹2 lakh for abuse of process.
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