Pictorial warning: SC notice to Centre on smoking issue
New
Delhi,
Jan
25:
The
Supreme
Court
today
issued
notice
to
the
Central
government
for
not
implementing
its
decision
of
July
2006
to
issue
pictorial
warning
that
smoking
is
injurious
to
health
on
cigarette
packets
from
February
1,
2007.
A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran issued notice after hearing petitioner Narinder Sharma, an advocate who appeared in person and contended before the court that the Union government was not implementing its own decision to issue pictorial warning to the smokers under pressure from the tobacco lobby. The petitioner also contended that the decision was taken by the Union government in July 2006 that the step will be implemented with effect from February 1, 2007 and then it was postponed to December 2007 and the same has not been implemented till date.
UNI