The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a PIL alleging that failure on the part of the Centre and city government to regularise the sale of acid, despite Supreme Court directions, has led to several acid attacks in the Capital.
A Bench of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, however, refused to give an urgent hearing to the petition filed by an NGO Chhanv Foundation.
The petition has sought directions to the Centre and Delhi government to not only regularise the sale of acid but also “to issue a concrete policy for the relief and rehabilitation of the acid attack victims”.
The plea, which was mentioned before the Bench by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, is likely to come up for hearing next week. It has submitted that the apex court “had issued various directions to the respondents (Centre and city govt) to curb the acid attack menace”. - PTI
