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The counsel for respondents R.P.Bhatt said the circular provided only what was stated in the respective Act and Rules, read with harmonious construction, and nothing extra was provided in the Circulars.<\/p>\n<p >The Court hearing the appeal against Bombay HC, held that the circular exceeded its power since Section 6 of Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 bars selling of cigarettes and other tobacco products only to a minor and within 100 yards of educational institutions and clearly adding any new condition i.e. of barring licensed premises to serve tobacco products, to the existing ones would be impermissible by law. The Court further said that Rule 3 (1)(a) of Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules 2008 makes it incumbent upon owner of a licensed premises to prohibit smoking in such places but where smoking in <span  >\u201c<\/span>smoking area<span  >\u201d<\/span> is allowed by Rule 4(3) therefore smoking hookah would be allowed in such places as the same comes under the definition of <span>\u201c<\/span>smoking<span>\u201d<\/span> provided under Section 3(n) of the&nbsp; Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. The Court added that the dimensions for <span>\u201c<\/span>smoking area<span>\u201d<\/span> provided in the Circular is within ambit of municipal corporations and thus have to be adhered to. Similarly decision of Madras HC was set aside banning sale of tobacco products within 300 feet of educational institution as the Act provided for 100 yards. The decision of Gujarat HC upholding the ban implemented under Section 144 of CrPC was also set aside holding that the Order under said Section was only valid for 2 months and the same cannot be extended&nbsp; for long in name of equity as it would be in contravention of law.&nbsp;<a name=\"__DdeLink__9_468479405\"><span><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"1\">Narinder S. 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