Make license conditions of hookah joints tougher, high court tells BMC
Cracking whip against errant hookah parlours in the city, Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to incorporate the rules under `Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act' (COTPA) in the license agreements.
With this, the BMC will have the power to revoke the license if a hookah parlour violates COTPA rules.
The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Sha
Publication Date:
06/05/2011