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Karnataka bans sale, consumption of hookah with immediate effect
February 08, 2024 8:42 am
The state government also ordered that violators will be booked under COTPA (Cigarette and Tobacco Products Act ) 2003, Child Care and Protection Act 2015, Food Safety and Quality Act 2006, Karnataka Poisons (Possession and Sale) Rules 2015 and Indian Penal Code and Fire Control and Fire Protection Act.
Karnataka to ban hookah bars, raise legal age to buy tobacco products to 21
September 20, 2023 6:19 pm
The government will amend the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act to bring in the changes, said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao
Calcutta HC scraps civic bodies’ order banning hookah bars
January 25, 2023 7:16 am
A single-judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha observed that since there is no state-specific rule in the matter, it would not be illegal to run hookah bars in these two cities.
Kolkata to shut all hookah bars
December 03, 2022 7:59 am
Welcoming the decision of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, doctors said having hookah for an hour was equivalent to consuming 100 cigarettes in terms of nicotine deposits.
Consumer forum stops UT restaurant from ‘serving’ hookahs
November 20, 2022 7:50 am
The commission partly allowed the complaint of a Zirakpur resident and asked the restaurant, Bargain Booze, Sector 26, Chandigarh, to pay Rs 7,000 as compensation and Rs 5,000 as cost of litigation to the complainant, for causing mental agony and harassment to him
Nightclub sealed for serving hookah, 5 booked
January 31, 2021 3:27 am
The club was also sealed for the next three days. SDM (East) Ruchi Singh Bedi conducted a raid at the night club during which two hookahs were also seized.
Pune: Four arrested for ‘sale, home delivery of hookah pots and tobacco products through online ad’
September 24, 2020 10:14 am
During a search, police seized six hookah pots, six tobacco-flavoured packets, four mobile phones and other items, all worth Rs 84,100.
Delhi: Teen barred over hookah video, HC says let him attend school
December 03, 2019 12:04 pm
The plea pointed out that the school’s action violated his “fundamental right to education”, and added that the action has resulted in agony and harassment to both the child and his parents.
Barred from school for hookah smoking video, teen moves court
November 30, 2019 4:09 am
Seeking direction to Delhi government’s education department and school, the petition, filed through advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh, stated that the action has resulted in agony and harassment to both the child and his parents.
Mumbai: Another hookah joint raided; owner, four others arrested
October 21, 2018 7:51 am
Officials, who were part of the crackdown team, said the hookah parlour was located on the top floor of the building and had to be accessed from deep inside the restaurant.
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