New Delhi, April 15 -- The Delhi High Court has stayed an order of the excise department asking 'Hauz Khas Social', a popular eatery in the city, to stop servingliquor in the absence of a valid eating house licence.
The High Court, which was informed that the restaurant's eating house licence was valid till March 31, 2024, and it has been pursuing for the renewal ever since, said that as per law, the registration already granted to the eatery shall enure till the renewal certificate is issued or till an intimation of refusal is issued by the licencing unit of Delhi Police.
"Considering that under. of the Delhi Eating House Registration Regulations, 2023, the registration already granted to the petitioner shall enure, till the renewal cert...