After a point, the court’s lengthy verdict was met with confusion. “Are they approving it or not?” one person asked. Eventually, an air of resignation set in once it became clear that the apex court had declined to legalise same-sex marriage.
Appearing for Prabir Purkayastha, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal argued that the affidavit filed by Delhi Police in response to his client’s prayers for interim relief contained only the arrest memo.
The HC said that the purpose of displaying “gross, graphic anti-tobacco imagery” in the health spots played during screening of movies and TV programmes is to bring awareness among people of the ill-effects of consuming tobacco and tobacco products and to show them what tobacco can do to their health.