Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 10: A high court division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Tashi Rabstan today directed the advocate general (AG) to produce notification about ban on nylon kite strings made of non-biodegradable material.
The court directive came in a PIL filed by an NGO through its chairperson Devinder Kaur Madaan, seeking ban on sale and purchase of Chinese sharp kite strings, called 'Manja', in J&K for being fatal to humans, animals and birds.
After hearing the counsel for the PIL, the bench directed AG to produce notification regarding ban that was imposed on procuring, sale and use of nylon strings, made of non-biodegradable material, whether coated or not, for flying kites in J&K on April 4, 2016. |
