India, May 30 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by French liquor giant Pernod Ricard challenging the Delhi government's decision denying it a wholesale liquor license.

A bench of justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav dismissed the petition after Delhi government counsel Sameer Vashisht, along with advocate Avni Singh, said that the company been declared ineligible owing to its criminal antecedents.

A detailed copy of the order is awaited.

The company's plea challenged a February 2 order of Delhi's financial commissioner, which had upheld the excise commissioner's May 9, 2025, decision rejecting the company's L1 licence application (for wholesale distribution) due to pending criminal proceedings initiated by the E...