Ramadoss gets SC green signal on smoking ban

“We are of the view that it is not a fit case for grant of interim relief. The prayer staying implementation of prohibition of smoking in public places is rejected… let

transfer cases be heard on November 18,” the bench said.

The court also clarified that “no court in the country shall pass any order in derogation of this order.”

The Centre’s plea seeking permission to implement a ban on smoking in public places from October 2 – birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi — was part of an application seeking transfer of all the petitions, challenging the ban on smoking in private offices, pending before various high courts.