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Karnataka High Court — challenge to the state circular banning ENDS (2017)

Karnataka High Court, Karnataka · Status: Disposed

One of AVI's earliest and most sustained legal fights: a PIL organised and pursued by HRPR, an allied advocacy organisation sharing leadership with AVI, challenged a Karnataka government circular banning ENDS, arguing the ban was imposed without any supporting study and was disproportionate given ENDS are less harmful than combustible cigarettes, which remain lawfully sold — the petition argued for regulation rather than a ban. AVI took the fight through multiple rounds of appeal before it was finally concluded.

Outcome: Disposed, with the challenge pursued through multiple rounds before being finally concluded. This was one of AVI's own cases, organised and pursued by Harm Reduction Policy & Research (HRPR) — an allied advocacy organisation sharing leadership with AVI — from filing through to its last appeal.

REPLACES the earlier, more detailed entry at this page’s request: same underlying matter, written up deliberately without the case number or other case-identifying detail, and without the specifics of how the litigation concluded. Status corrected to “disposed” — the case was not superseded by PECA as the previous version of this entry said; it was fully litigated to a final conclusion on its own terms, well documented in public court records. Kept off this page at the site owner’s request.