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Women
can work at places intoxicants are sold
by Ruchi Gupta
New Delhi: Giving a major boost to the hotel industry, the Delhi High Court today ruled that no restriction could be imposed on women working at a place where liquor or other intoxicating drugs are served to customers. Striking down Section 30 of the Punjab Excise Act that prohibited women and men below the age of 25 years from serving liquor at public places, the Delhi High Court gave the verdict, which could have far-reaching implications for the burgeoning hotel industry. Under Section 30 of the Punjab Excise Act 1914, employment of men and women under the age of twenty five years is prohibited.
According
to this Act no person who is licensed to sell any liquor or intoxicating
drug for consumption on his premises shall during the hours in which such
premises are kept open for business, employ or permit to be employed either
with or without remuneration any man under the age of 25 years or any
women in any part of such premises in which such liquor or intoxicating
drug is consumed by the public. A two-member division bench comprising
Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice H R Malhotra, held that women could not
be compelled to work against their wishes in places where liquour and
other intoxicating drugs were being served. The petition was filed by
the Hotel Association of India and four others including two women employed
in the hotel industry. Petitioners' counsel Arun Jaitley challenging the
legislation termed it unconstitutional as it violated the fundamental
right of women to choose own profession and discriminated against them
on the basis of their gender.
-Jan 12, 2006
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