Calcutta HC on allowing hookah bars in West Bengal until an Act is enacted in this regard

National Restaurant Association of India Vs State of West Bengal (Calcutta High Court) Sub-In the absence of any rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 [for short “COTP Act 2003”] neither the Kolkata Municipal Corporation nor the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation can pass orders against use of Hookahs in bars and restaurants having a valid licence. This Court sees that the issue of use of hookahs and the attempt to regulate the same, came to be considered by the...