HC raps non-compliance on liquor shop near hospital

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has expressed serious displeasure over the issuance of licence to a liquor shop near Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute, a major hospital here and said authorities are not acting as per orders of the court.

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A bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Rajiv Bharti said it was surprised by police authorities’ failure to comply with its previous order.

“We are surprised to see that the authorities are not acting on the orders passed by this court and are required to be held in contempt, and only thereafter, they succumb to complying with the orders passed by this Court: This kind of laissez-faire attitude cannot be countenanced by us,” the bench said.

It said the court will be forced to take severe measures against the authorities if they fail to comply with the court order.