Archive · 29 Sep 2026
High Court Bans Hookah Service In Restaurant Smoking Areas
The High Court in Uttar Pradesh has banned restaurants from serving hookah in smoking areas.
A previous rule said these areas could be used only for smoking.
That rule also said restaurants could not provide other services there.
In a case called Narinder S. Chadha, the Supreme Court had implicitly allowed hookah service in smoking zones.
However, the Supreme Court said food and other eatery services were not allowed in those areas.
The High Court has now prohibited hookah service.
The issue is about what services restaurants may provide in designated smoking spaces.
The article does not give the date of the High Court decision.
The High Court has banned hookah service in smoking areas of restaurants in Uttar Pradesh.
Under pre-amendment Rule 4(3), smoking areas could be used only for smoking.
The rule prohibited all other services in designated smoking areas.
In Narinder S. Chadha, the Supreme Court implicitly allowed hookah service in smoking zones.
The ruling distinguished hookah service from serving food and other eatery items, which remained prohibited.
- Who
- The High Court, with reference to the Supreme Court’s decision in Narinder S. Chadha.
- What
- A ban on hookah service in restaurant smoking areas in Uttar Pradesh.
- Where
- Smoking areas of restaurants in Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The ruling concerns the interpretation of rules limiting smoking areas to smoking and restricting other services.
- Jurisdiction
- Uttar Pradesh
- Restricted service
- Hookah service
- Affected locations
- Restaurant smoking areas
- Relevant rule
- Pre-amendment Rule 4(3)
- Earlier Supreme Court case
- Narinder S. Chadha
- Other prohibited services
- Food and other eatery items