Faith Foundation seeks an order directing the government to enforce (1) the tobacco advertising and promotion provisions of COTPA and (2) a state order addressing advertising. The court disposed the petition when the government gave an undertaking that it will include a condition in the licenses issued by the Municipal Corporation providing that no advertisement shall be displayed on any hoarding, the contents of which violate any law, including COTPA Section 5 and accompanying rules.
Faith Foundation v. State of Gujarat and Others, PIL No. 173 of 2017, High Court of Gujarat (2009).
Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products [Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution] Rules, 2004
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Type of Tobacco Product
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"Mr. Nanavati, learned counsel for the respondent – Corporation, on instructions, states that the Municipal Corporation shall include a specific condition in the licenses or permissions that shall be granted with effect from 01.04.2019 that no advertisement shall be displayed on any hoarding, illuminated or otherwise, the contents of which violate any law, including the provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and the rules framed thereunder."
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Faith Foundation seeks an order directing the government to enforce (1) the tobacco advertising and promotion provisions of COTPA and (2) a state order addressing advertising. The court disposed the petition when the government gave an undertaking that it will include a condition in the licenses issued by the Municipal Corporation providing that no advertisement shall be displayed on any
hoarding, the contents of which violate any law, including COTPA Section 5 and accompanying rules.