Bombay High Court has issued a notice to Maharashtra government on petitions challenging the blanket ban on opening and running hookah parlours in the state. <br />''<br />''<br />''A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M S Karnik was hearing a bunch of petitions, challenging the amendments to Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition) Act (COTPA), which prohibits any person from owning or running, a hookah parlour at any place in the state, including at eating houses. <br />''<br />''<br />''The act was amended following the Kamala Mills fire that killed 14 people last year. <br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The state government has been asked to file its reply by 17th December.</span><br />