Delhi HC tells police not to harass restaurants, bars
The Hindu
‘Conduct random checks to see if herbal hookahs are being served but don’t park vehicles outside premises’
The Delhi High Court on Thursday told the city police not to “harass” restaurants and bars, which have filed pleas seeking permission to serve herbal-flavoured hookahs, by parking their vehicles outside the premises.
Justice Rekha Palli said the police can conduct random checks in restaurants and bars to see if hookahs are being served but can’t keep police personnel posted outside the premises as it will affect business.
The counsel for Delhi police said the force will not park vehicles outside the premises but it will conduct random checks on to ensure that they don’t serve hookahs till an order is passed by the court on their petitions.