Doctors for You v. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Doctors for You sought cigarettes and bidi butts to be declared toxic waste and to prohibit tobacco consumption in any form in all public places. The National Green Tribunal directed the Indian Institute of Toxicological Research, Lucknow (with expenses borne by the Central Pollution Control Board) to ascertain whether discarded butts are toxic waste and, if yes, to frame rules for waste management.

Doctors for You v. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, No. 433/2015, National Green Tribunal (2019).

  • India
  • Apr 12, 2019
  • National Green Tribunal

Parties

Plaintiff Doctors For You

Defendant Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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Type of Litigation

Tobacco Control Topics

Substantive Issues

Type of Tobacco Product

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"[W]e direct MoEF & CC to have a study conducted by IITR, Lucknow as to whether cigarette and bidi butts fall within the category of toxic waste or not. In case, on the basis of the analysis by IITR, Lucknow it is determine that butts fall within category of toxic waste, then the Ministry is directed to immediately come out with appropriate Rules in this regard."