Published on : 05 Dec 2025, 6:29 am 3 min read

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition against Arundhati Roy's latest book ' Mother Mary Comes to Me ' over its cover which shows her smoking a cigarette allegedly without the mandatory health warning [ Rajasimhan v Union of India & Ors. ].

The petitioner moved the Court against an October 13 verdict of the Kerala High Court which had dismissed the plea.

The petitioner contended that the cover photo amounted to a violation of Section 5 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 which regulates advertisements of tobacco products.

However, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice J

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