Bengaluru : Virat Kohli-owned pub and restaurant One8 Commune in Bengaluru has landed in legal trouble for not having a designated smoking zone. The Cubbon Park Police registered a suo motu case against the restaurant for violating provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).
The pub has been booked under COTPA’s sections 4 and 21 for not having a designated zone within the restaurant for smoking. The sections allow for designated smoking areas in certain places like hotels, restaurants and airports.
he action comes just a day after the Karnataka government put a complete ban on hookah bars and increased the legal age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21 years. The state government’s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2024, recently received the President’s assent.
This is not the first time One8 Commune has run into legal trouble. In June last year, a case was filed against the pub and restaurant for operating beyond the stipulated time.
