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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Goa court summons Amitabh Bachchan22nd Nov 2006 09.00 IST By Agencies Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been summoned by a court in Panaji on November 29 in connection with a case filed by a NGO about an alleged violation of anti- tobacco laws. A judicial magistrate's court issued the summons on Monday to Bachchan and four others in the case filed by National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), the NGO's counsel Vilas Thali said on Tuesday.
The NGO has alleged Bachchan violated anti-tobacco laws by appearing in an advertisement of Anchor Daewoo India which featured a photograph of him with a cigar in the film Family - Ties Of Blood (see picture). The case was filed by NOTE General Secretary Shekhar Salkar. Thali said besides the actor, producer Keshu Ramsay, his company DMS Films Private Limited, Anchor Daewoo India and AB Corp Ltd were named respondents in the case. The case was filed under Cr PC, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act of 2003 and Goa Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting Act of 1997. NOTE said between December 25, 2005 and January 1, 2006, hoardings with Bachchan smoking a cigar and endorsing Anchor Daewoo's electronic appliances were put up along the National Highway 17 from Margao to Mapusa in Goa. "Such hoardings were also displayed at various places in the country," said Thali. Related Amitabh Bachchan Family - Ties Of Blood | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Ayesha Takia to reduce her bust size ~ Rajnikant wants a Thursday release for 'Kuselan' ~ 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' melts 'differences' between Aamir, Bachchan ~ Bollywood directors go from copy-paste to copyright purchase ~ Now, will Aamir Khan stub out the cigarette! ~ Contract : Movie Preview ~ John Abraham dubs for animated Alibaba ~ Amitabh Bachchan to lend voice to film on global warming ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Farhan Akhtar enjoying acting ~ Rahul Bose appeals to G-8 leaders to act on food crisis ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, De Taali, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Kismat Konnection , Mission Istanbul , Ugly Aur Pagli , Aashayein MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Genelia D'Souza | more... | 
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