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Is hookah legal in Mumbai?
A ban on hookah was imposed in Mumbai after the 2017Kamla Mills fire incident in which 14 people lost their lives.
Why is hookah banned?
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Thursday announced it will ban hookah bars across the state as they have become “a hub for sale and supply of drugs”, besides hinting at a crackdown on drug dealers. BJP chief whip Mahantesh Kavatagimath raised the issue of number of drug cases going up in the state.
Why are hookah bars banned in India?
Officials of the health department had submitted before the administration that smoking hookah was damaging the health of young people. Over the years, police and the health department officials have raided many hookah bars in the city together and even seized drugs being served to customers.
Is hookah banned at home?
The Karnataka government has decided to ban hookah bars after consulting the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the licensing authority. The state government said that it had already been planning to ban hookah bars when Home Minister Basvaraj Bommai announced it in the assembly on February 2, 2021.
Is hookah illegal in Maharashtra?
After the fire incident, the state government had amended COTPA and imposed a blanket ban on running hookah bars in any place. The amended law also laid down a punishment of imprisonment up to three years, making serving of hookah a cognisable offence.
Is herbal hookah legal in Mumbai?
The High Court clarified that it was granting permission as an interim relief and it was subject to the restaurants and bars, who had approached the court, giving an undertaking to it that they would strictly follow COVID-19-appropriate behaviour while serving herbal hookah.
Is hookah illegal in India?
It is still legal to purchase hookahs at shops and consume them at home. Authorities generally apply Section 144 (Unlawful assembly) of CrPC to shut down hookah bars. Governments also use the COTPA. Serving hookah is punishable by a fine of ₹1,200 (US$16).
Is hookah legal in Maharashtra?
Is hookah illegal India?
Why is hookah banned in Maharashtra?
A blanket ban on hookah was imposed in Mumbai after the Kamla Mills fire incident that had resulted in the loss of 14 lives. After the incident, the state amended COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act) and imposed a ban on hookah bars or any place that was even remotely involved in selling hookah.
Is hookah legal in Goa?
According to sources in the tourism industry, all reputed bars, restaurants and nightspots had stopped offering hookahs ever since the Goa government banned smoking in public places. Hookah smoking is an extra attraction thrown in by shack operators, says Victor Pereira, who runs a shack on the Candolim beach.
Is hookah legal in Nashik?
The Maharashtra government has amended the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act (COTPA), 2003, to ban hookah parlours.