the kerala high court on thursday said it was only concerned with ensuring that the next generation does not have to stand in the long queues outside liquor outlets and has neither permitted nor restricted the government in any manner with regard to the proposal to increase the number of such shops in the state we have to save the next generation i do not want them to stand in queues like this justice devan ramachandran said and added that is why he was repeatedly telling the government to have a walkin facility at liquor shops we cannot have people standing in long queues outside liquor shops and creating a ruckus there making it impossible for people especially women and children to pass by such places the court said advt the court also disposed of two revision petitions one among them by senior congress leader and former kerala assembly speaker v m sudheeran opposing the enhancement of liquor outlets in the state as suggested by the excise commissionerate and beverages corporation bevco the two petitions had contended that the high courts 2017 judgement directing the state government and bevco to ensure no nuisance is caused to businesses and residents of an area outside liquor shops was being interpreted in a different manner to increase the number of such outlets in the state the court however said that the two pleas were not maintainable it also said that in the four years since the judgement and when there was overcrowding outside liquor shops during covid19 no one came to court however now when only a proposal has been mooted people were coming forward with review petitions the court said it further noted that the two pleas while claiming to seek a review of the 2017 judgement were actually supporting it sudheeran in his plea filed through advocate kaleeswaram raj had claimed that increasing the number of liquor outlets would increase the nuisance caused to the public at large by such shops the suggestion for enhancing the liquor outlets in the state by 175 more was mooted during the hearing on november 9 of a contempt plea which was filed claiming noncompliance of its 2017 judgement advt the excise commissionerate and staterun beverages corporation bevco had told the court on november 9 that sanctioning more outlets could ease the pressure on the existing 306 licensed liquor shops they had said that while in kerala there was only one liquor outlet for 112 lakh people in the neighbouring states of tamil nadu karnataka andhra pradesh and telangana the ratio was much less as there were thousands of shops there which sell alcohol pti published on nov 26 2021 at 0850 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language