Sunday, October 28, 2007

Notice to Sharukh Khan for smoking in public







Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was today served a legal notice by an NGO for smoking in public during the two recent events - the Twenty 20 cricket match in Mumbai and the Hindustan Times Summit in Delhi.
The NGO, Natural Organisation For Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) issued a legal notice to Shah Rukh Khan for smoking in public during the Twenty 20 cricket match in Mumbai and the Hindustan Times Summit in Delhi, NOTE, which is already into a legal battle with Amitabh Bachchan over his movie posters cigar, issued a legal notice through its lawyer.
The NGO has threatened to sue Khan for promoting smoking in public places, which is banned under the Anti-Tobacco Act. The notice to Khan has been issued under section-4 and 5(3) of cigarette and other tobacco products (prohibition of advertisements and regulation of trade, commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act, 2003.

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