Actor Imran Khan on Wednesday filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the Maharashtra government's decision to raise the drinking age bar to 25 years in the Bombay High Court.
Imran's PIL against the de-addiction bill, introduced by the state government in June 2011, describes it as "unconstitutional" and seeks an interim stay on the legislation till the case was settled.
The PIL seeks to end, what Imran calls a breach of right to equality and personal liberty by the Prithviraj Chavan government, which raised the drinking age limit to 25 years from 21.
The proposed de-addiction policy of the government also sets 21 years as the legal age to purchase and consume mild alcoholic beverages like beer.
The state government had earlier declined to brand its decision as moral policing. It had argued that the step was aimed at discouraging drinking and controlling the sale of illicit liquor.
The state government's decision to increase the legal drinking age had earlier evoked sharp reactions from various celebrities.
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