<p>The Attorney-General’s council that the Supreme Court ban on liquor shops close to highways would not apply to bars would be detrimental to Kerala, state Congress unit has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president V M Sudheeran said on Thursday that the A-G’s counsel was aimed at protecting the interests of bar owners in the state.<br /><br />“It’s a strange legal advice; it doesn’t carry much credibility because it was the A-G who appeared for the bar owners when they moved the court against the state’s excise policy,” Sudheeran said.</p>
<p>The Attorney-General’s council that the Supreme Court ban on liquor shops close to highways would not apply to bars would be detrimental to Kerala, state Congress unit has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president V M Sudheeran said on Thursday that the A-G’s counsel was aimed at protecting the interests of bar owners in the state.<br /><br />“It’s a strange legal advice; it doesn’t carry much credibility because it was the A-G who appeared for the bar owners when they moved the court against the state’s excise policy,” Sudheeran said.</p>
