{"id":50102,"date":"2017-10-09T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T12:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50102"},"modified":"2017-10-09T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T12:22:15","slug":"ban-tobacco-products-outside-schools-pil-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ban-tobacco-products-outside-schools-pil-delhi-hc","title":{"rendered":"Ban tobacco products outside schools: PIL in Delhi HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50103\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ban-tobacco-products-outside-schools-pil-delhi-hc\/tobacco-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tobacco\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-50103 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ban tobacco products outside schools: PIL in Delhi HC\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/tobacco.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ban tobacco products outside schools: PIL in Delhi HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre and city government on a PIL seeking to enforce a complete ban on sale of tobacco and cigarettes near educational institutions in the national capital.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued notice to the governments&#8217; education department and all civic bodies here, directing them to file their status reports on the allegations raised in the PIL.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said &#8220;it is a really important issue&#8221; and asked the authorities to place their stand before it by the next date of hearing on January 30 next year.<\/p>\n<p>An NGO &#8212; Doctors For You &#8212; moved the court alleging that despite a ban on the sale of tobacco products near educational institutions, one can easily find a number of shops selling such products near schools in the city in violation of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003.<\/p>\n<p>As per section 6 of the COTPA, sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products within a 100-yard radius of educational institutions is deemed illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The plea said the &#8220;sale of tobacco products within a 100 -yard radius of educational institutions is prohibited under COTPA. However, the norms linked to this Act are being openly flouted by vendors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seeking enforcement of the Act, the petitioner has sought a direction to the authorities to ensure that all the schools are &#8220;tobacco free&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It said there should be &#8220;no availability&#8221; of tobacco products in the campus and a committee should be set up to monitor compliance of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO has also sought a direction to the education department to ask the schools to display information in and outside their premises like &#8220;no smoking area&#8221; and &#8220;smoking is an offence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petition said the authorities concerned should ensure that &#8220;tobacco products and its ancillary products are sold from registered\/authorised shops and in compliance with the provisions of the COTPA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It said that the Centre and the Delhi government shall ensure that there is no sale of cigarettes, beedies, cigars and any other tobacco products in single stick or loose.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre and city government on a PIL seeking to enforce a complete ban on sale of tobacco and cigarettes near educational institutions in the national capital. 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