Pass law to shut hookah parlours: Calcutta High Court to Bengal government
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday set apart the country order for an absolute ban on hookah parlours in Kolkata and Bidhannagar. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha stated given that there’s no law in opposition to hookah withinside the country, banning parlours wouldn’t be right.
If the country desires to close down hookah parlours, they need to byskip a brand new law, he stated. Now, the police can’t take movement in opposition to any pub imparting hookah to patrons.
The West Bengal government, in December, ordered a ban on hookah bars in Kolkata, mentioning an unfavourable effect on public health. Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim stated that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will cancel the licenses of eating places that perform as hookah bars withinside the city. Days after the choice, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation additionally sought comparable prohibitory orders on such parlours.
“The choice taken through the Kolkata and Bidhannagar municipalities to prohibit hookah of their administrative regions has now no longer been standard into law. Why did the mayor take this kind of choice? A lot of sales comes from here. The police can look into whether or not different materials are blended with the hookah. Where is the damage in the use of natural merchandise in hookah?” Jusice Mantha stated.
Kolkata’s police commissioner submitted a document earlier than the courtroom docket nowadays and stated that if anybody violates the law, movement is taken. 17 instances had been registered so far, the police informed the courtroom docket on this document. Members of the eating places affiliation of Kolkata had moved the courtroom docket hard the ban order.
