https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196171 A municipal circular could not prohibit sale or provision of tobacco products in licensed premises where the Central Act permitted sale subject only to the statutory age and distance restrictions; those extra limits were ultra vires. A separate ban on providing smoking apparatus, including hookah, also failed because the Rules permit smoking in a designated area and the statutory definition of smoking covers use of an instrument, so the circular could not override that scheme. By contrast, the prescribed smoking-area dimensions and related spatial conditions were upheld as valid municipal regulatory requirements consistent with the Act and Rules. en-us Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:40:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196171 A municipal circular could not prohibit sale or provision of tobacco products in licensed premises where the Central Act permitted sale subject only to the statutory age and distance restrictions; those extra limits were ultra vires. A separate ban on providing smoking apparatus, including hookah, also failed because the Rules permit smoking in a designated area and the statutory definition of smoking covers use of an instrument, so the circular could not override that scheme. By contrast, the prescribed smoking-area dimensions and related spatial conditions were upheld as valid municipal regulatory requirements consistent with the Act and Rules. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196171