Rajasthan High Court has adopted a strict stance regarding the liquor vends running on the national and state highways of the state. The bench of Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Sanjit Purohit has given strict instructions that all the liquor vends within 500 meters of the highway should be removed. The court has given two months time to the state government to remove or relocate these 1102 liquor shops.

The state government had argued in the court that these 1102 shops located on the highway fall in urban or municipal areas, from which the government gets a revenue of about Rs 2221.78 crore. But the High Court rejected this argument outright. The court said that the orders of the Supreme Court cannot be flouted in the name of urban limits. Making a scathing comment, the court said that the government has misused the classification of ‘municipal area’ and made the highway a ‘liquor-friendly corridor’, which is not acceptable.

HC expressed concern regarding road accidents

In its order, the court expressed deep concern over the increasing road accidents in the state. The court mentioned the horrific accidents that took place in Harmada (Jaipur) and Phalodi, in which 28 people lost their lives in just two days. The court said that drunk driving and over-speeding are the main reasons for these accidents. Statistics show that in 2025, there will be an increase of about 8% in ‘drunk and drive’ cases.

• Mandatory radius of 500 meters: No liquor shop will operate within a radius of 500 meters of the National and State Highway, even if it is in the municipal area.
• 1102 shops will shift: The government admitted that there are 1102 such shops on the highway. These will have to be compulsorily removed within 2 months.
• Advertisement also banned: There will be a complete ban on liquor advertisements, hoardings and sign boards visible from the highway. If found so, strict action will be taken.
• Life is bigger than revenue: The court said that the right to life is fundamental under Article 21 of the Constitution. People’s safety cannot be put at stake just to earn revenue.

When is the report to be submitted?

The compliance report of the case will have to be presented to the Excise Commissioner by 26 January 2026 for the next hearing.

What is the argument of the petitioner?

Advocate M.M. appeared on behalf of petitioner Kanhaiya Lal Soni and others. Dhera advocated. He told the court that the Supreme Court’s ‘K. Despite the decision of the ‘Baalu’ case, the Excise Department allotted contracts on the highways by distorting the rules, due to which the accidents are increasing.

He said, “Highways cannot be allowed to become centers of liquor sales by ignoring road safety and public safety. If every highway is exempted by treating it as an ‘urban area’, then the very purpose of the Supreme Court order will be defeated.”

Rajasthan Police Recruitment Exam: The High Court has taken a big decision regarding the Sub Inspector Recruitment Examination 2021 in Rajasthan. This exam has been canceled on the order of the High Court. The Rajasthan government has suffered a major setback due to cancellation of recruitment. Let me tell you, this recruitment was done on 859 posts of Sub Inspector. In this 2021 exam, there was talk of large scale disturbances including paper leaks.

54 training Thanedars selected after the examination of SI Recruitment 2021 have been arrested. In this case, 122 arrests have been made so far, including two members of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.

Order of re -exam
The case was heard by a single bench of Justice Sameer Jain of the High Court. After the completion of the hearing, he reserved his Judgment in the court on 14 August. The court has said that the people who were wrongly selected to handle law and order cannot allow people to do jobs. With this, the court has ordered to take the exam again by adding all these posts in the recruitment that came out in the month of July.

Recruitment examination was held in September 2021
RPSC took the exam in September 2021 for a total of 859 posts of Sub Inspector and Platoon Commander. This examination was held from 13 to 15 September 2021. The paper of this exam was from Ravindra Bal Bharti Senior Secondary School in Shanti Nagar in Hasanpura. The main role of the school’s principal and Superintendent of the Exam Center Rajesh Khandelwal was revealed in the paper leak case.

3.80 lakh candidates were involved in the exam
In Rajasthan SI Recruitment Examination 2021, 7.97 lakh people had applied, out of which 3 lakh 80 thousand candidates appeared in the exam. The result of this exam in September was released on 24 December 2021. In the result, 20359 candidates passed, whose physical test was done. The result of physical test in February 2022 was declared in April 2022. Final 3291 candidates were called for interview. The interview went on till May 2023 and then in June 2023, this result came.