kochi operating a toddy shop near a residential area in accordance with law will not amount to breach of privacy a division bench of the high court has held a division bench comprising justices p b suresh kumar and c s sudha gave the ruling after considering an appeal filed by s k pavithran and two others of vaikom in kottayam they had challenged a single benchs judgment to the effect that having a toddy shop near a residential area would affect neighbours privacy the single bench had asked the state government to specify conditions to abate nuisance to neighbours the division bench held that existence of a toddy shop in a residential area in compliance with all laws could not be said to be an infringement of right to privacy of the inhabitants of the localityfurther the court said disruption of public order or peace could not be understood as synonymous to breach of privacy conduct of a toddy shop may cause nuisance or breach of public peace or raise moral concerns but it cannot amount to breach of privacy it saidoverturning the single benchs judgment the division bench said the expansive view of right to privacy may lead to chaos the judgment said if privacy rights enforceable under the constitution are expanded to this level we are afraid that there would be utter chaos as regards the rights of others including the right to livelihood for in the social set up of our country there are umpteen avocations and activities which people may pursue for their livelihood near the place of residence of others and a very wide definition of privacy rights protected under the constitution as made by the learned single judge would give rise to conflicts as to the permissible and nonpermissible activities near a residential house the court said the concerns raised in the case nuisance to neighbours due to toddy shop are taken care of in the rules under abkari act which allows authorities to relocate the shop in the interest of public peace or morality or on grounds of expediency