Regulation of Trade
and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003
('COTPA Act' for short) and rules prescribed under the Act.
The petitioner ... respondents and the tobacco and
other products prohibited under the COTPA Act are freely sold
and distributed in the vicinity of the premises
public place being defined under sub-Clause (l) of
Section 3 of COTPA Act, smoking is permitted in a
designated area in a restaurant ... designated place and as such,
there is compliance with the COTPA. In that
background the above said reliefs are sought
Section
7 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (for
short 'COTPA'), 2003 and Sections 420 , 468 476 , 270 ,
284 and 336 read ... offence alleged against the petitioner herein is under
Section 7 of the COTPA. Sub-Section (2) of Section 24 of
the COTPA specifies that
UNDER SECTIONS 272, 273, 420 OF IPC AND 20(2), 24
OF COTPA ACT, 2015 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE
COURT OF THE ADDITIONAL ... Cigarettes and Other Tobacco
Products Act of Act, 2015 (for short 'COTPA Act'),
pending on the file of the Additional Civil Judge