No matter how hard the odds are
against, victory comes to those who keep fighting. It may take time, but the
results will ultimately get in. After fighting for a decade and two years,
WWICS Resorts Private Limited has been granted the L-12-C liquor license by a
bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Forest Hill Golf and Country
Club Resort are owned by WWICS Resorts Private Limited and it is located in
Mohali district at karoran village. Back in January 2004, The High Court made
the ruling on grounds of violation of environmental laws. The decision was
taken based on media reports and findings from Union Ministry of Environment
and Forests.
The resort is owned by Lt Col
(retd) B S Sandhu and is spread across 378 acres. The case was handed over to
CBI later on. The petitioner had approached the High Court with the plea that
the resort is not located on forest land, putting out the reason that since
numerous players come in to participate in the game of golf so its liquor
license should be restored.
The counsel that presented the
case on behalf of the resort reasoned that the petitioner company did not
revoked any rule or environmental clause as the resort has been established
only in the non-forest area.
Proof was presented that the area
has already been demarcated and identified by various departments. The CBI
investigation has not come to a conclusion yet even after 12 years which it
commenced in 2004.
The divisional bench which
comprised of Justice A B Chaudhri and M Jeyapaul ordered that the petitoner’s
legitimate right to have the license cannot be denied and the authorities were
asked to grant the license with two working days.
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