Sale of tobacco products like 'gutkha' in plastic pouches will not be allowed in the national capital from March 2011, the Supreme Court ordered today.
An example of very used tobacco products are cigarettes of differenet brand. There can be Pall Mall cigarettes or Lucky Strike cigarettes.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly asked the manufacturers to explore and decide by March next year on the alternative material for packaging them.
The judges also directed the Delhi government to conduct a survey on the ill-effects of these products within eight weeks.
The apex court made it clear that after March 1, 2011, plastic packaging of such tobacco products shall not be permitted in the national capital.
The court is considering the validity of Delhi government's notification of January 7, 2009, banning the use of plastic bags in the city.
The Delhi government had banned use of plastic on the ground that it causes environmental pollution.
The association of plastic manufacturers has challenged the judgement of Delhi High Court vide which the ban on the manufacture, distribution and use of plastic bags in the national capital was upheld. UNI
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