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Arasu
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Can anybody help me with the latest supreme court Notification on Non- smoking in office area which amounts to penalty to the company. Regards Arasu
From India, Bangalore
Arasu
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Dear Senior members, IS no one aware of the supreme court notification of banning smoking in the factory premises. Pl. Help
From India, Bangalore
satyendra1221
SC okays smoking ban from Oct 2

DH News Service,New Delhi:



The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Central government to implement the law banning smoking in public places including private offices with public access from October 2 onwards.

The government has promulgated a law banning smoking in public places including private offices that would include Advocate’s office, Chartered Accountant’s office, Doctor’s clinic, Architect’s office and private company offices having public access.

A bench headed by Justice B N Agrawal said, “It is not a fit case for granting interim relief” and fixed November 18 for hearing the petition of ITC Ltd and Indian Hotels Association for arguments on whether the ban could be imposed in private offices with access to public or not. Advocate Harish Salve appearing for ITC Ltd argued that with the implementation of the new circular, a government official would have the authority to enter the private office to impose a fine on the head of the office for an offence committed by a public. He said it would be an infringement of fundamental right of a private person and would lead to harassment of individuals in his own premises. “This amounts to giving police power to private person to detain smokers. Under the law even a peon can detain the head of office and produce him before the Magistrate,” the petition said.

Government advocate Gopal Subramanium said “Not only the applicant (the Central Government) but the general public would suffer immensely, and irreparable loss and injury would be caused in case the notification dated May 30, 2008 is not implemented.”


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The ban on smoking had been given legislative sanction by enacting the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisment and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules, 2008 notifying the exercise of powers under the Act. Under the curbs, those caught for smoking in public places and other private organisations will be fined Rs 200 which may increase to Rs 1,000.
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From India, New Delhi
Reema Mathur
Hi Satyendra, Thanks for you post.... could you clarify if the ban states that there can be no smoking at all in the premises or is this flexible to having an assigned smoking zone in the premises?
From India, Jaipur
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