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Jammu & Kashmir High Court (Srinagar) — challenge to the ENDS ban (2018)

High Court of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir · Status: Disposed

An individual petitioner challenged J&K's ban on ENDS — imposed by state circular and reinforced by a divisional order specific to Kashmir — as arbitrary and unsupported by any study, given the state's high smoking prevalence. A vendor separately sought to be impleaded, arguing for regulation under COTPA rather than a ban.

Outcome: Effectively concluded once the national ban under PECA, 2019 superseded the state-level restriction being challenged.

Shortened at the site owner’s request: court and year only, no case numbers. AVI supported this litigation, though not as the direct petitioner.