Chandigarh, April 22 -- Taking serious note of the Chandigarh administration allowing a liquor vend to operate from an "unsafe building" in Sector 17, the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has asked the chief secretary for explanation.

"The UT administration prima facie seems to be hand-in-glove with the owner and the licensee," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry observed after facts regarding the case were brought out before the bench by senior advocate Anand Chhibbar, appearing for the petitioner.

"The chief secretary of the Chandigarh administration is directed to file an affidavit explaining why the said show-cause notice, dated August 7, 2025, has not yet been taken to its logical end? And how the build...