Pictoral Warning On Cigarette Packets

The Karnataka High Court today struck down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warnings to cover 85 per cent of tobacco product packaging space, holding that they violated Constitutional norms.

The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan.

India's biggest cigarette maker ITC Ltd shut its plants from May 4 to comply with a new stipulated pictorial warnings rule issued by the federal government, the company said in a statement.

Farmers and micro retailers from across Karnataka on Thursday staged a march here demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products, calling it a "harsh policy" that does not balance the interests of stakeholders.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking quashing of notifications issued by the Health Ministry on printing 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products.

The Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear petitions filed by the $11 billion tobacco industry against the government's stringent package warning rules next week, when it will also review other similar cases filed in recent years.

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday urged Health Minister J P Nadda to reconsider the mandated pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space on beedi packets, a move that threatens the livelihood of 1.50 crore workers.

The Karnataka High Court today struck down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warnings to cover 85 per cent of tobacco product packaging space, holding that they violated Constitutional norms.

The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan.

India's biggest cigarette maker ITC Ltd shut its plants from May 4 to comply with a new stipulated pictorial warnings rule issued by the federal government, the company said in a statement.

Farmers and micro retailers from across Karnataka on Thursday staged a march here demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products, calling it a "harsh policy" that does not balance the interests of stakeholders.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking quashing of notifications issued by the Health Ministry on printing 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products.

The Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear petitions filed by the $11 billion tobacco industry against the government's stringent package warning rules next week, when it will also review other similar cases filed in recent years.

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday urged Health Minister J P Nadda to reconsider the mandated pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space on beedi packets, a move that threatens the livelihood of 1.50 crore workers.