印度最高法院维护藏书封面, 显示作者吸烟贝蒂, 称它保护艺术, 而非烟草广告。 India's Supreme Court upholds book cover showing author smoking a bidi, calling it protected art, not tobacco ads.

印度最高法院驳回了一项针对阿伦达蒂·罗伊回忆录《圣母玛利亚来找我》封面的请愿，该书中显示她抽食bidi烟，法院裁定该图片不违反烟草广告法。 The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a petition challenging the cover of Arundhati Roy’s memoir 'Mother Mary Comes to Me,' which shows her smoking a bidi, ruling the image does not violate tobacco advertising laws. 法院由首席大法官Surya Kant主持,指出描述不是商业宣传,属于受保护的艺术表达。 The court, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, stated the depiction is not a commercial promotion and falls within protected artistic expression. 它支持喀拉拉高等法院的一项裁决,指出该书包括一项免责声明和健康警告,并强调该图像不违反《香烟和其他烟草制品法》。 It upheld a Kerala High Court decision, noting the book includes a disclaimer and health warning, and emphasized that the image does not breach the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act. 法院质疑请愿书的意图,认为请愿书可以寻求公示而不是法律补救,并申明言论自由胜过对文学作品中有争议的图像的关切。 The court questioned the petition’s intent, suggesting it may seek publicity rather than legal redress, and affirmed that free expression outweighs concerns over controversial imagery in literary works.