bengaluru, Oct. 14 -- The Kerala high court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the cover of Arundhati Roy's book "Mother Mary Comes to Me," which shows the author smoking a beedi. The PIL had argued that the cover violated the law by not carrying a statutory health warning. However, a division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji noted that the publisher had already included a disclaimer on the back cover. Questioning the petitioner's motive, the court said the case appeared to have been filed more for publicity than in public interest. "The petitioner has not taken even a minimal effort to ascertain the correct legal position before invoking the jurisdiction of this court," the court said....