Molasses Not an Intoxicant: Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down Excise Control on Non-Liquor Trade

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Molasses Not an Intoxicant: Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down Excise Control on Non-Liquor Trade

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28/03/2026

By Mariya Paliwala

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The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the State cannot impose excise licensing requirements on traders dealing in molasses for non-intoxicant purposes, declaring key provisions of the Chhattisgarh Molasses Control and Regulation Rules, 2022 as unconstitutional to that extent. The Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal observed that molasses per…

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Mariya Paliwala https://www.jurishour.in/

Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.

Molasses Not an Intoxicant: Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down Excise Control on Non-Liquor Trade

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