Regulating Your 'Spirit': Alcohol and Intoxicants

The Longest Constitution with Priya Mirza

What brought Gandhians and Muslims together in the Constituent Assembly? Prohibition! Really, why does our otherwise liberal Constitution have a provision on prohibition? And on what grounds can the state regulate the private consumption of alcohol? This episode of The Longest Constitution takes a look at the state’s regulation of the trade, sale, and consumption of Liquor and Bhaang. We also look at the colonial roots of such regulations and round it up with a look at a case of sexual harassment at the workplace.

Reading material:

On prohibition:

1. De, Rohit, 2018, A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic, Princeton University Press. https://lawtimesjournal.in/state-of-bombay-and-ors-vs-f-n-balsara/#_ftn2

2. https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1258563/

On sexual harassment at the workplace:

1. https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/11/03/metoo-my-journey-for-justice-and-the-cost-of-due-process

On kendu leaves:

1. https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1258563/

2. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/kendu-leaves-29-odisha-villages-win-complete-autonomy-but-still-a-long-way-to-go-78269

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