The Delhi High Court has conferred upon the Chamber Allotment Committee the task of determining whether a cigarette shop in the court premises should be allowed to continue.

A Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed the same in a petition filed by advocate Vijay Chandra Jha.

In his petition, Jha contended that as a result of the shop, litigants, advocates, court staff and other people visiting the court were . . .