India : A bench of Justices S Vaidyanathan and D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the order while hearing a petition filed by GA Jagannathan, a resident of Puducherry.
“Prevention is better than cure”, the court said, noting that it was an extraordinary decision for a tourist destination like Puducherry.
The petitioner was seeking a complete ban on celebrations to contain the spread of Covid-19, but the court allowed New Year events to go ahead.
The Madras high court, instead, restricted the sale of alcohol during the mentioned time window in bars, bar-attached restaurants/hotels or any other places for public consumption.
The court further said only those in Puducherry with both vaccination doses will be allowed in public places after 7pm on December 31.
