23 held for liquor licence violation

Chennai | Monday | 24th September, 2018

Summary:

It currently regulates the sale of liquor under the TN Liquor Rules, 1981. Section 24 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937, makes violation of licence conditions a non-bailable offence. “The non-members in these places, we found, had no connection to club members and were not their guests.”Police questioned customers to whom the clubs were illegally serving alcohol before letting them off. Police permitted the clubs to open on Sunday. Police commissioner A K Viswanathan ordered the searches of suspected establishments.The state permits sale of liquor by hotels and other FL3 licence-holders who operate out of multi-storey buildings with rooms for guests, a senior police officer said..