Delhi High Court allows serving herbal hookah with restrictions
Delhi High Court allows serving herbal hookah with restrictions
Justice V Kameswar Rao allowed the Punter House Cafe to serve the herbal hookah only with disposable pipes on its premises. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a cafe to serve herbal hookah with certain restrictions. The petitioner had challenged the August 2020 Delhi Government order and interference in the operation by the authorities concerned. Justice V Kameswar Rao allowed the Punter House Cafe to serve the herbal hookah only with disposable pipes on its premises. He issued notice to the Health and family welfare department of the Delhi Government, Delhi Police and Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to file their reply on the petition. The court directed to file a reply within 4 weeks and listed the matter along with two similar petitions on 28 April 2022. The High court said that the petitioner is allowed to serve strictly herbal hookah only with disposable pipes till the next date of hearing. The petitioner shall file an affidavit to this effect. The bench said the case of the petitioner is covered under the order of 27 January. As far as the operation with 50 per cent capacity is concerned, he will follow the same precautions mentioned in that order.