H.C.P. No.2703 of 2019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 14.07.2020 CORAM : THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE V.M.VELUMANI H.C.P.No.2703 of 2019 Chitra (M/A 34 years)

H.C.P. No.2703 of 2019
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 14.07.2020
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN
and
THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE V.M.VELUMANI
H.C.P.No.2703 of 2019
Chitra (M/A 34 years)
W/o.Vijayakumar,
No.327 B, Anna Nagar,
Bommikuppam,
Tirupatur Taluk,
Vellore District. … Petitioner
Vs
1.State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. by the Secretary to Government,
Home, Prohibition & Excise Department,
Fort St. George,
Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate,
Vellore District,
Vellore – 9.
3.Union of India,
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H.C.P. No.2703 of 2019
For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar
Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was delivered by N.KIRUBAKARAN, J)
[Through video-conferencing]
“The drink and the drug evil is in many respects infinitely worse than
the evil caused by malaria and the like; for, whilst the latter only injure the
body, the former saps both body and mind.”

• M.K.Gandhi, Young India 3-3-1927
  The students are the future citizens of the country and unless they are
  properly groomed, the future of our nation will not be bright. We have a bad
  experience in the State of Punjab, where the youngsters and students are mostly
  addicted to drugs and the same situation should not be allowed to spread to
  other States. It is known that Punjab is the transit point on the drug route and the
  State has become a major consumer base.
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