New Delhi: Liquor manufacturers from Bihar on Monday alleged in the Supreme Court that the state government destroyed stocks of alcoholic beverages worth Rs five crore in a "vindictive and arbitrary" manner in the past three days.
The manufacturers told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that it was "unfair" on the part of the state to destroy these stock as they had informed Bihar's counsel about the application filed by them in the apex court in the matter.
The counsel for the manufacturers told the apex court that some states like Telangana and Maharashtra had given them the permit to dispose the stock of alcohol lying in Bihar in their states.
"Bihar put an arbitrary condition that trucks carrying liquor will have to be fitted with GPS so that it can be tracked whether the trucks are going outside the state," the lawyer told the bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud.
The lawyer also argued that the plea filed by the manufacturers has virtually become infructous as hardly any stock was left in Bihar now.