New Delhi, October 19: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the use of plastics, which is hazardous to health, in the making of sachets for gutkhas and said there must be ban on sale of these items.
“What are the harmful effect of gutkhas? Do you know how many patients are suffering from cancer because of this?” a Bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said when Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium submitted that government has appointed a committee to go into the effects of use of plastics in sachets for gutkhas.
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the ban imposed by the Rajasthan High Court on use of plastics for manufacturing of sachets for gutkhas.
–Agencies