New Delhi, The Delhi Excessive Court docket has restrained authorities from taking any coercive motion in opposition to Le Meridien lodge at Janpath which has utilized to resume its consuming home and lodging licences.
HC restrains authorities from taking coercive motion in opposition to Le Meridien lodge on licence situation
The excessive courtroom directed the Joint Commissioner of Police to course of the appliance of C J Worldwide Ltd, which runs the Lodge Le Meridien, for renewal of the ‘Consuming Home Licence’ and ‘Lodging Licence’ with out insisting on a well being commerce licence.
The well being commerce licence of the petitioner was cancelled in 2017 and when it challenged the authorities’ choice, the excessive courtroom stayed the cancellation order which remains to be in existence.
Justice Sachin Datta on Thursday issued a discover to the Joint Commissioner of Police and Delhi authorities on the petition of lodge administration which is aggrieved by the refusal or inaction on the a part of the authorities in renewing its consuming home licence and lodging licence.
The courtroom granted 4 weeks’ time to the authorities to file their replies and listed the matter for additional listening to on August 5.
“The respondent nos. 1 and 2 are directed to process the petitioners’ application for renewal of the eating house license and lodging licence without insisting on a health trade licence. Further, in the meantime, till the next date of hearing, respondents are restrained from taking any coercive action against the petitioners,” it stated.
The petitioners sought a courtroom course to restrain Delhi authorities from asking the lodge to furnish the well being commerce licence pertaining to the already renewed excise licences.
Their counsel submitted that for serving alcoholic drinks and operating the restaurant, the lodge administration was required to acquire a legitimate consuming home licence and lodging licence.
The petitioners stated the authorities have been insisting on producing a legitimate well being commerce licence from the New Delhi Municipal Council as a pre-condition for renewing its consuming home licence, lodging licence and excise licence.
The plea stated the portal of police authorities mirrored the non-renewal of the lodge’s licences solely over a well being commerce licence, which is already beneath problem within the excessive courtroom.
The courtroom, just lately in one other restaurant’s case, has held that the eatery’s excise licence was liable to be renewed and the identical can’t be impeded for need of any well being commerce licence.
Equally, on this case, the courtroom stated C J Worldwide Ltd’s consuming home licence and lodging licence can be liable to be renewed.