NEW DELHI: With a fight over trademark between two major whisky producers revealing that a major part of their sales is through small tetra packs in south-west India, a startled Supreme Court on Monday wondered why states are permitting such packaging of liquor. "This is very dangerous. It looks like a juice tetra pack. Imagine it falling into the hands of children? The parents and teachers won't even suspect that tetra packs contain intoxicants," said a concerned bench of CJI-designate Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. The case involved Allied Blenders, which manufactures 'Officer's Choice', and John Distillers, which markets its whisky under the brand name 'Original Choice'. Appearing for John Distillers, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said that both companies have more than Rs

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