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Verify age before serving liquor: HC
The Morning Standard
|March 26, 2026
EXPRESSING serious concern over breweries and similar establishments in urban spaces that are permitting the entry of minor children and serving liquor to them without verifying their age, the Karnataka High Court directed that managements must initiate rigorous age verification, whether through Aadhaar or other valid identification, at the entry.
Further verification should follow when liquor is ordered by persons who appear youthful or underage, the high court said in a major verdict delivered on Wednesday.
Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order, refusing to quash proceedings initiated against the petitioner, V Chitti Babu, a partner in Legacy Brewing Company (LBC), who challenged the case registered against him under the provisions of the Excise Act and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, for selling intoxicating liquor to children.
This story is from the March 26, 2026 edition of The Morning Standard.
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