‘Say No to Plastic National Flags’ Says, the Bombay High Court

Sep 29, 2014 Tushita Politics 0

Taking into account the fact that presently there are no provisions for ensuring effective disposal of paper or plastic made flags, The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Central Government to strictly impose a ban on production of national flags made from plastic.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has also been instructed to take strict measures against the use, distribution and sale of such plastic flags.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in this regard by an NGO in the court.

The court was hearing a PIL seeking ban on plastic flags, and setting up of a mechanism for the disposal of flags. “At present, there is no mechanism to dispose the paper-made or plastic flags found in scores after the Independence Day or Republic Day celebrations,” advocate Anand Patil, appearing on behalf of the petitioner NGO, argued.

Thereafter, the court directed the Maharashtra Government to make proper arrangements for disposal of such flags. The tehsildars and the Collector offices could be made the nodal agencies for the disposal of the national flags.

The court also directed the State Government to allow NGOs and other organisations to collect the flags and hand them over to the district Collector office or Tehsildar office.

The State has been directed to give wide publicity about its mechanism for the disposal of paper-made national flags. “All government, semi-government organisations shall be made aware of the facility for the collection of and disposal of paper-made flags,” the division bench of Justices Abhay Oka and Girish Kulkarni said.

The State Government and the Central Government have been directed to file a compliance report to the court on the steps taken on the issue.

It is also being reported that the central government is to take a decision by November 30 on banning national flags made of plastic so that it can be implemented before January 26, 2015.

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