License Suspension Order Cannot Be Treated as Cancellation, Must Specify Duration of Suspension: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that an order suspending a liquor license without specifying a definite time period is legally unsustainable. The court clarified that a suspension order "can never partake the character of an order of cancellation." Suspension is meant to be a temporary debarment, whereas cancellation permanently revokes the validity of a license. The judgment came in response to a case involving the suspension of the…