GST 2.0 Inverted duty structure hurts FMCG, Pharma: Expert flags concernsIndian enterprises are navigating challenges posed by the Goods and Services Tax. The inverted duty scenario is particularly affecting FMCG...
18 Apr, 2026, 10.56 AM IST
Approach authorities instead of rushing to court, Supreme Court tells petitioner who filed 25 PILsThe Supreme Court advised an advocate to approach relevant authorities with his concerns rather than filing numerous Public Interest Litiga...
10 Apr, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
SC overturns 1997 judgment which granted power to Centre for regulating industrial alcoholThe Supreme Court of India overturned a 1997 order which previously granted the Centre regulatory control over industrial alcohol. With the...
23 Oct, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Brief 'happy hours' at the Supreme CourtSupreme Court discusses taxing industrial alcohol as whisky, highlighting India's taboo on official events with wine or champagne. Influenc...
04 Apr, 2024, 10.44 PM IST
Daughter SC judge to decide if father’s 30-year-old ‘alcohol’ judgment was correct or notJustice B V Nagarathna, a pivotal member of the Supreme Court, leads a nine-judge bench in the nuanced distinction between 'industrial alco...
04 Apr, 2024, 11.32 AM IST
GST Council decision on ENA to bring stability in industry: CIABC"The GST Council's decision is a big relief to the industry, it will bring stability and settle nerves all over," Vinod Giri, Director Gene...
07 Oct, 2023, 08.12 PM IST
CPI writes to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeks policy to curb liquor consumptionIn the letter, party general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy said there is no uniform policy on liquor and a majority of the states have...
07 Jan, 2018, 07.20 PM IST
Hotels in Delhi-NCR to begin serving liqour this week following excise department's nodIn a August 23 order, the Supreme Court had clarified that the liqour ban does not apply to licensed establishments falling within municipa...
31 Aug, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
High and dry! When Supreme Court liquor ban left Indian Accent with locked stock and barrel worth Rs 1 crOne of the world’s best restaurants in New Delhi has sealed its alcoholic beverages and even changed its menu.
05 Jul, 2017, 09.13 AM IST
Highway denotification: SC breather for city barsA road downgraded from being a national highway would enable pubs and bar & restaurants to resume their business.
05 Jul, 2017, 06.57 AM IST
Bihar liquor ban: Supreme Court to hear plea of companies seeking time to dispose old stocksThe Bihar Government had in January moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of plea against the liquor ban legislation from the Patna High...
29 May, 2017, 08.11 AM IST
States can reclassify national highways as city roadsThe official said that some states had consulted the road ministry on denotifying portions of national highways, although none has put in a...
05 Apr, 2017, 01.28 AM IST
Court ruling has no mention of bars, hotels, restaurants: Lalit Bhasin, Bar AssociationHe told ET that the industry could file another review application and that the government and excise authorities should not take any coerc...
05 Apr, 2017, 01.12 AM IST
Robert Vadra, who lost sister to drunk driver, wants highway booze ban modified to protect 'respectable establishments'Robert Vadra's sister Michelle Vadra was killed by a drunk driver on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in April 2001.
03 Apr, 2017, 01.28 PM IST
Kerala sees three to five hours wait in queues for liquorIn Kerala, liquor is available only through the state-owned retail outlets and the sudden closure of 207 of the nearly 850 retail liquor ou...
02 Apr, 2017, 08.52 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill to transfer control of potable alcohol to statesLok Sabha passed a bill that provides for transferring from the central government to the states the control over industries engaged in the...
10 Dec, 2015, 07.08 PM IST
- MNCs can set up own breweries
If proposal goes through, MNCs can set up breweries instead of acquiring cos with brewery licences.
12 Jun, 2007, 03.44 AM IST