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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response in Plea Seeking Measures Against Drunk Driving, Lists Matter After Six Weeks

Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response in Plea Seeking Measures Against Drunk Driving, Lists Matter After Six Weeks

Community Against Drunk Driving v. Union of India, Decided on 14.10.2026

Supreme Court Drunk Driving Measures
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The Supreme Court has granted the Union Government four weeks to file its counter-affidavit in a writ petition filed by Community Against Drunken Driving, which concerns measures against drunk driving.

A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice R. Mahadevan and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh passed the order on October 14, 2026, in the petition titled Community Against Drunken Driving v. Union of India.

The PIL has been filed challenging the excise policies of the States permitting the sale of liquor in cartons packaging. It is alleged in that the sale of liquor .

The Court directed the petitioner to serve a copy of the petition on the office of the Solicitor General. It also granted the Union Government four weeks to file its counter-affidavit.

The matter has been directed to be listed after six weeks.

In a connected writ petition, W.P. (C) No. 475 of 2026, the Court allowed an application for impleadment and permitted the petitioner to serve unserved respondents through their respective standing counsel. The represented respondents were granted four weeks to file their counter-affidavits, followed by two weeks for the petitioner to file a rejoinder. The connected matter was also directed to be listed after six weeks.

Appearances

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR; Mr. Agnish Aditya, Adv.; Mr. Aditya Narendranath, Adv.; Mr. Naman Tyagi, Adv.; Mr. Prakash Baghel, Adv.; Mrs. Puspita Basak, Adv.; Mrs. M.b. Ramya, Adv.;Mrs. Deeksha Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.; Mr. Sudhir Mishra, Adv.; Ms. Ritwika Nanda, Adv.; Ms. Petal Chandhok, Adv.; Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Adv.; Mr. Kamei Bestman Kabui, Adv.; M/s Trust Legal-AOR

Ms. Aditi Tripathi AOR; Mr. Udayan Sinha, Adv.; Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G.; Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv.; Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv.; Mr. Harsh Mehla, Adv.; Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv.; Mr. Anurag Kulharia, AOR; Mr. Nishant Awana, AOR; Mr. Suraj Kundu, Adv.; Mr. Amogh Pandey, Adv.

Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR; Mr. Nimesh Bhatt, Adv.; Mr. Akash Verma, Adv.
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR; Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR;

Mr. Sameer Abhyankar-, AOR; Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.; Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.; Mr. Rajinder Singh, Adv.;Mr. Digvijay Singh, Adv.; Mrs. Sheryll Singh, Adv.; Ms. Upasana Nayyar, Adv.; Mr. Rajat Sehgal, AOR; Mr. Samyak Jain, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Chaubey, Adv.; Mr. Siddharth Dubey, Adv.; Ms. Hiya Diddi, Adv.; M/S. Edictum Law & Co., AOR;

Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, DAG; Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv.

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