{"id":38320,"date":"2015-07-08T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38320"},"modified":"2015-07-08T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:21:06","slug":"hc-to-hear-plea-on-chinese-plastic-rice-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-to-hear-plea-on-chinese-plastic-rice-in-india","title":{"rendered":"HC to hear plea on Chinese &#8216;plastic&#8217; rice in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"artext1\" class=\"Normal showpage1\">\n<div class=\"Normal\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_37768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37768\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/delhi-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-refuses-to-stay-home-ministrys-notification\/delhi-high-court-76\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37768 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HC to hear plea on Chinese 'plastic' rice in India\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HC to hear plea on Chinese &#8216;plastic&#8217; rice in India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi high court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea alleging that rice made out of plastic, imported from China, was being sold in the country and seeking testing of samples.A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said it will hear on August 20 the application which has alleged that the &#8220;plastic rice&#8221; was being sold by mixing it with real rice.<\/p>\n<p>The application by advocate Sugriva Dubey, has sought that wholesale traders of rice, pulses and fruits be raided and samples be tested for adulteration to protect the common man.<\/p>\n<p>It has said that plastic rice when ingested along with the real one is not digested and leads to serious gastric ailments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to globalisation, rice in large quantities is being imported from China and even pulses are being imported from different countries, but no quality test is conducted,&#8221; the application has said.<\/p>\n<p>It has alleged that the rice imported from China also includes &#8220;plastic rice&#8221; 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