Sri Lanka, July 30 -- The Court of Appeal today ordered that a writ petition seeking an order restraining the Excise Commissioner General and other relevant authorities from approving the use of rice and sugar as primary ingredients in beer production be taken up on October 2 for the filing of objections.

The petition was called before a bench comprising Justices R. Gurusinghe and A. Prema Shankar.

Counsel appearing for several respondent liquor manufacturing companies requested the Court to grant a date for the filing of objections in relation to the petition.

Accordingly, the Court granted the respondents permission to file their objections and directed that the petition be called again on October 2.

The petition has been filed by a...