The Delhi High Court allows 500 restaurants to sell herbal hookahs under these conditions

2021-12-14 12:14:09 By : Ms. Janice Lo

New Delhi: According to reports, in a major decision involving restaurants in the capital, the Delhi High Court allowed the sale of "herbal-flavored hookah" in 500 restaurants and assured them that they would use disposable pipes and strictly abide by the Covid-19 code agency IANS. According to an order of the High Court on December 1, Judge Prateek Jalan provided temporary relief to the National Catering Association of India, which has approximately 500 members and has premises in the city. , Someone is coughing": Kareena Kapoor's team tested positive for Covid-19

Senior lawyer VK Garg and lawyers PS Singal and Satender Kumar representing restaurant owners stated that the court has considered similar petitions against various restaurants and has passed an interim order dated November 16 on these matters. Read also-Serum Institute plans to launch a COVID vaccine for children soon. This is what Adar Poonawalla said

Santosh Kumar Tripathi, a permanent lawyer representing the Delhi government, told the court that an additional condition has been added that the water pipes to be used do not contain nicotine or tobacco. Tripathi proposed that this commitment will also be included in the commitment submitted by the petitioner members. Therefore, the interviewee was asked to submit counter-testimony within six weeks. The court will hear the matter further on February 9, 2022. Also read-Delhi's lowest temperature drops to 5 degrees: IMD

On November 16, Judge Rekha Palli, after hearing a series of requests from restaurant and bar owners regarding the Delhi government’s ban on the sale of herbal-flavored waterpipes, approved the license and clarified it as a guarantee of "temporary relief" submitted They will follow the petitioners of Covid guidelines.

The petitioners-Breath Fine Lounge and Bar, TOS, R High Speedbar and Lounge, Verandah Moonshine and West Punjabi Bagh's Sixth Empirica Lounge-have filed an order to the court against the Delhi government's ban and exclusion of the sale of herbal-flavored hookah in restaurants/they operate bar.

The court observed that the restrictions imposed in the context of Covid cannot last forever, nor can they come at the cost of livelihoods. The Delhi government opposed the petition, saying that allowing the sale of waterpipes in public places could spread infection because people would share it.

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Release Date: 7:49 PM IST December 3, 2021

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