Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003
The State of Maharashtra filed a writ petition challenging an order that directed the police to hand over interim custody of seized Gutkha (Vimal Pan Masala and Vimal Tobacco) to the accused after he executed a bond. The State argued that the goods were sold in Pune, violating the state’s ban on …
The petitioner, a customer at a dance bar, was named as accused No.11 in a FIR for alleged violations of multiple statutes, including sections of the IPC, tobacco advertising law, and municipal regulations. He filed a writ petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagaarik Suraksha Sanhita seeking …
The Supreme Court examined a circular issued by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai that added Condition No.35 to licences for eating houses, prohibiting the sale of tobacco and any apparatus such as hookah, and imposing specific dimensions for smoking areas. The Court held that Section 6 of …
In 1999 Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. ran a newspaper and magazine advertisement for its "Red & White" cigarettes featuring actor Akshay Kumar and the slogan "Red & White smokers are one of a kind". Ajay Kumar filed a consumer complaint alleging that the ad constituted an unfair trade practice by …
The appellants, manufacturers of pan masala and gutka, challenged state notifications issued under Section 7(iv) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 that prohibited the manufacture, sale, storage and distribution of these products in the interest of public health. The questions before …
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