HC converts TOI report on killer manja into suo motu PIL
31.12.2020
Taking cognisance of TOI reportage on the death of a Nashik woman whose throat was accidentally slit by a dangling piece of kite string, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Wednesday turned the news item along with another one on birds into a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a strict ban on sharp, nylon manja. The division bench of Justices Ravindra V Ghuge and Vibha Kankanwadi directed lawyer Satyajeet Bora, appointed as amicus curiae, to “file a proper petition and tender the same across the bar on Thursday (December 31)”. The bench said, “We had occasion to read two news reports in ‘The Times of India’, Aurangabad edition, dated December 30, 2020…. We find from the news items that the Maharashtra government had invoked Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, to introduce the ban. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had declared a country-wide ban on the sale of nylon and glass-coated manjas in July 2017.” TNN
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