
HC permits restaurants to serve herbal hookah
The Hindu
‘Prohibitions imposed on account of pandemic cannot go on forever’
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted the use of herbal hookah in restaurants and pubs in the Capital, saying that COVID-19 restrictions cannot be permitted to continue at the cost of livelihood.
The High Court clarified that it was granting permission as an interim relief and it was subject to the restaurants and bars, who had approached the court, giving an undertaking to it that they would strictly follow COVID-19-appropriate behaviour while serving herbal hookah.
Justice Rekha Palli said that the prohibitions imposed on account of the pandemic cannot go on forever and also noted that the authorities have already permitted cinema halls and swimming pools to function at full capacity.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.