Sri Lanka Tobacco Company Goes to Court Again Over Labeling Rule

Source from:  Lanka Business Online 05/26/2014

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc, a unit of British American Tobacco said it had gone to Supreme Court again over new labeling regulations, shortly after a court ruling that allowed graphical warnings.

The recent court ruling allowed graphic labels covering 50 to 60 percent of the area of a pack which requires health ministry rules to be re-issued.

Ceylon Tobacco Company said in a stock exchange filing that the judgment did not give "clear or adequate directions on the remaining requirements" of the regulation.

It had filed a special leave to appeal in the Supreme Court, Friday. Enditem