Supreme Court dismisses plea alleging Arundhati Roy's book cover promoted smoking The CJI-headed bench also pulled up the petitioner, advocate Rajasimhan, for filing such a petition for publicity, saying there is no hoarding in the city with the picture of the book, and it is for someone who will take the book and read it. AdvertisementKerala High Court earlier dismissed the plea alleging Arundhati Roy's book cover pic promoted smoking. Aneesha MathurNew Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 5, 2025 13:52 ISTWritten By: Nitish K SinghThe Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition alleging author Arundhati Roy promoted smoking as the cover of her latest book, Mother Mary Comes to Me, shows her smoking in contravention of the law mandating mandatory health warning. The petitioner, challenging a Kerala High Court order, sought to prohibit the sale, circulation, and display of her book for the alleged violation of the law. advertisementA bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to interfere with the October 13 High Court order dismissing the plea, observing Roy has not promoted smoking and that there is a health warning in the book."She is a renowned author.
