The bench also wondered if the plea for 100 percent cut in water supply to the liquor industry was not for "publicity". By IANS | Posted 1 hourNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking 100 percent cut in supply of water to the liquor industry in Maharashtra so that millions of people faced with unprecedented drought could be provided with water. Dismissing the plea as withdrawn, an apex court vacation bench of Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice D.Y. Telling the petitioner that the Bombay High Court has already directed 60 percent cut in supply of water to the distilleries, the bench said that the PIL petitioner before the high court could seek modification of that order. Kale said human needs must takes precedence over the needs of the industry because the right to access to drinking water is fundamental to life.

Source: Mid-Day May 24, 2016 01:15 UTC