KATHMANDU, April 22 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday issued an interim order scrapping a writ petition that demanded a ban on the production and advertisement of alcoholic products.

A joint bench of justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Prakash Kumar Dhungana on Sunday issued the interim order after hearings on the petition filed by advocate Dilli Prasad Neupane. In his writ petition, Neupane had claimed that Section 45 of the Public Health Act 2018 and Section 6 of the Consumers Protection Act 2018 had provisions to stop the production and advertisement of alcoholic beverages.

The petition was filed against the government, various major media houses, and alcohol producing companies .

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