Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Kejriwal government over a plea challenging the ban on sale of chewable tobacco in Delhi.
The next hearing is scheduled to take place on May 20. Until then, the court has directed the government not to take any coercive action against tobacco sellers.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice to Food Safety Commissioner of the Delhi government while restraining it from taking any action against sellers till the next date of hearing on May 20.
The court's notice was issued on a plea by a manufacturer Sugandhi Snuff King Pvt Ltd, which has sought quashing of the notification by the Arvind Kejriwal government, banning sale, purchase and storage of all forms of chewable tobacco including "gutkha, khaini and zarda" in the national capital.
