The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Madras High Court order, which quashed a May 2018 notification prohibiting sale, manufacture, and transport of gutkha, and other tobacco-based products in Tamil Nadu.
In addition, there are households that may even be driven towards economic ruin because of excessive consumption of these products, or that may spend on more expensive forms of tobacco or liquor.
After hours of persuasion, when the bride refused to relent, the wedding was called off and the families decided to return the gifts they had earlier received from each other.
