THE BIHAR EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016: A REVIEW OF ITS PROVISIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND OUTCOMES
AUTHOR – SKAND VATS & SAANVI PANIGRAHI
STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES, PANJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH
BEST CITATION – SKAND VATS & SAANVI PANIGRAHI, THE BIHAR EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016: A REVIEW OF ITS PROVISIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND OUTCOMES : SKAND VATS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (1) OF 2026, PG. 212-215, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344. DOI – https://doi.org/10.65393/MRBX1202
In 2016 , The Bihar legislative assembly passed the Bihar excise (Amendment) Bill,2016 to enforce an ostracisation on country made liquor enforcing from 1st April ,2016 . It was not a first step of amending this Law, later in 1919, it was amended to incorporated more rigorous penal provision including a death sentences for manufacturer & distributors of illicit liquor. The policy of liquor proscribe was done in the phase sagacious like in the Phase 1 all shops selling country liquor in rural areas were shut down , in Phase 2 were alcohol is consummately ostracised in the state was to be introduced in 6 months . After this the state become plenarily dry but in the first phase of restriction many gregarious activists & women inductively authorised the Chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar to proscribe alcohol thoroughly because of alcohol addiction among men’s , which the regime led by the Nitish Kumar caved in to their injunctive authorization. At that time it was a celebrated policy emphasising the societal imbalances, such as domestic violence among couples , abducting , rape etc . It was among the major policy implemented but the Nitish Kumar led regime with the coalition of Mahagatbandan , Nitish Kumar quoted in the Bihar Vidhansabha “ women are suffering more than anyone else due to incrementing liquor consumption, Alcohol Addiction led to family quandaries incrementing domestic violence and additionally effected The children Edification. Section 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act , 2016 enjoins the manufacturing , bottling , distributing, Conveying , accumulating, storing , possessing , purchasing , selling or consuming , any type of liquor or intoxicating materials . Section 13 of this act , outlines that all the forms of liquor, including Country liquor and peregrine liquor to be vetoed.