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SC stays HC ban on gutka

New Delhi Aug. 5. The Supreme Court today stayed a controversial order of the Allahabad High Court which had banned the sale and manufacture of pan masala and gutka in Uttar Pradesh terming the product as carcinogenic.

A Bench comprising Justice G.B. Pattanaik and Justice Ruma Pal, while issuing notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government, stayed the July 18 order of the High Court banning ``all manufacturing and sale of pan masala and gutka''.

— PTI

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