New Delhi: Centre on Tuesday had taken a major step to stop the acid attack in India. The Centre on Tuesday presented a report before the Supreme Court which intended to take to ban the sale of acid in open market.
The Centre told the apex court that acid will now be categorized as poison. Centre had told in report that the seller will need a license and the buyer will have to submit a photo identity card and an address proof to purchase acid. The Centre also submitted a draft on the rehabilitation of acid attack victims.
Next hearing in the case is after two days.
Supreme Court had frowned at the central and the state governments for not doing anything to regulate the sale of acid in open market even though a number of cases involving acid attacks were taking place every day on July 09.
The apex court had given a dead line and said that court will impose a ban on sale of acid in the open market if the government did not indicate any action by July 16.
The apex court said, “If an affidavit is not filed by the next week, the court will pass an appropriate order to ban retail sale of acid across the country.” The court had also regretted that the solution for the grievous problem was not forthcoming.
Bureau Report
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