The Supreme Court has yesterday (11) ordered the Ceylon Tobacco Company to implement the decision on publishing pictorial warnings covering 60% of the the cigarette pack surface on health hazards with the effect from 01st of January 2015.
According to the verdict given by the court tobacco company should carry pictorial warnings on the 60% surface of their Cigarette Pack with the new cigarette packets release to the market from 01st of January next year. the appeals court had earlier given orders to the tobacco company to publish pictorial warnings covering 60% of a Cigarette Pack with effect from 01st of July.
However as the tobacco company wants to release cigarette packets to the market with current packing without the pictorial warnings till the supreme court announce it's decision ,the implementation of the said appeals court order has been delayed.
The verdict of the supreme court has delivered by the three member judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mohan Pieris after considering the fundamental rights petition filed by Ceylon tobacco company challenging the gazette notification issued by the health ministry on pictorial warning decision .through the petition the company has requested to reduce the 60% space of publishing pictorial warnings.
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