Regulating Your 'Spirit': Alcohol and Intoxicants

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">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. </p><p>Reading material: </p><p><strong>On prohibition: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>De, Rohit, 2018, A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic, Princeton University Press. <u><a href="https://lawtimesjournal.in/state-of-bombay-and-ors-vs-f-n-balsara/#_ftn2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lawtimesjournal.in/state-of-bombay-and-ors-vs-f-n-balsara/#_ftn2</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1258563/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1258563/</a></p></li></ol><p><strong>On sexual harassment at the workplace: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/11/03/metoo-my-journey-for-justice-and-the-cost-of-due-process" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/11/03/metoo-my-journey-for-justice-and-the-cost-of-due-process</a></u></p></li></ol><p><strong>On kendu leaves: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1258563/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1258563/</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/kendu-leaves-29-odisha-villages-win-complete-autonomy-but-still-a-long-way-to-go-78269" targe