STATE OF A.P. . vs CRAG MARTIN DISTILLERY PVT. LTD. — C.A. No. 584 - 585/2005

Case Summary: State of A.P. v. Crag Martin Distillery Pvt. Ltd. Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed Civil Appeals 584-585/2005 filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh. The Court set aside the High Court's order that had struck down Government Order Memorandum No. 168 (dated 31/3/2000), which prohibited new Indian Made Foreign Liquor distillery licenses. The Court found the High Court's order became inoperative after the State enacted new distillery rules in 2006. Two writ petitions challenging the 2006 rules were permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to be re-filed before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. A transfer petition and contempt petition were also dismissed. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.