A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar termed under-age consumption of alcohol a serious issue and said the Delhi government needs to examine the matter.
"Issue deserves to be examined by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. They need to form a policy on it," the bench said.
It asked the Delhi Government's excise department to take formal view with regard to necessary amendments within three months and inform the petitioner NGO Community Against Drunken Driving (CADD) and his counsel, immediately.
It said portable age verifiers may be placed at all government liquor vends, private liquor vends and petrol pumps, markets, malls, bars and pubs.
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The plea said the verifier can verify age by feeding in the last four digits of the Aadhaar number.
The plea said only government documents like Aadhaar card, election I-card and a valid passport for foreign nationals should be used to verify age at points of sale.
"This would help to bring down drunk driving incidents by 25 per cent in the next three years," the plea claimed.