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• Sensing legal trouble over Oct 2 smoking ban, govt rushes to SC  

Jump to full article: The Times of India, 2008-09-27

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Sensing a spate of litigation in high courts challenging its decision to completely ban smoking in public places from October 2, the Centre on Friday rushed to the Supreme Court seeking transfer of all such petitions from the HCs to the apex court for a uniform adjudication.

The first of such apprehended litigation has already been filed in the Delhi high court by ITC, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers, and Indian Hotels Association arguing that the notification banning smoking made no distinction between a public place and private space.

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