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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider a plea for a ban on non-biodegradable lawyer bands, saying that such matters fell outside its remit.
A bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran said that the court might soon be asked to regulate even the use of “handkerchiefs”.
The petitioner, Sakshi Vijay, appeared in person before the bench and introduced herself as the wife of a lawyer.
She submitted that during her Diwali cleaning, she stumbled upon a stash of discarded lawyer bands at home, and the bands were made of non-biodegradable material.
She urged the court to regulate these cloth accessories on environmental grounds. However, the bench could not be convinced with the submissions made by the petitioner.
“Tomorrow, can we also start monitoring how a handkerchief is going to be used and reused? How far can a constitutional court go in monitoring all this,” the bench asked.
The petitioner sought a direction from the court for a nationwide eco-friendly mechanism for collecting, segregating, and recycling used lawyer bands.
After hearing brief submissions, the bench decided to dismiss the petition.