{"id":44181,"date":"2016-08-01T08:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T03:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44181"},"modified":"2016-08-01T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T03:29:59","slug":"chinese-manja-banned-cotton-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/chinese-manja-banned-cotton-allowed","title":{"rendered":"Chinese manja to be banned, only cotton  allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43237\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-delhi-hc-use-nylon-thread-kite-flying\/nylon-thread-for-kite-flying\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/nylon-thread-for-kite-flying.jpg?fit=700%2C463&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,463\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;NATURE FOREVER SOCIETY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375621675&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2012&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nylon thread for kite flying\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/nylon-thread-for-kite-flying.jpg?fit=640%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-43237 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/nylon-thread-for-kite-flying.jpg?resize=300%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chinese manja to be banned, only cotton  allowed\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/nylon-thread-for-kite-flying.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/nylon-thread-for-kite-flying.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese manja to be banned, only cotton allowed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The AAP government on Monday told the Delhi High Court that \u2018Chinese manja\u2019 would be banned soon as it is \u201cconscious of injuries\u201d caused by the kite-flying thread made of nylon.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal was informed that the Delhi government was in process of issuing a notification for banning \u2018Chinese manja\u2019 and only allowing kite-flying with a cotton thread or natural fibre, \u201cfree from any metallic or glass components\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA draft notification imposing complete ban or sale, production, storage, supply and use of nylon, plastic and Chinese manja and any other kite-flying thread that is sharp or made sharp such as by being laced with the glass, metal or other sharp objects in Delhi and allowing kite-flying only with a cotton thread\/natural fibre, free from any metallic\/<br \/>\nglass components was prepared by the Environment Ministry of the Delhi government and vetted by the Delhi government\u2019s Law Department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed draft notification is under process from the competent authority,\u201d the Delhi government said in their affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>The AAP government\u2019s response came in the backdrop of the\u00a0court\u2019s notice issued to it on a plea seeking prohibition on\u00a0the manufacture, sale, use and purchase of \u2018Chinese manja\u2019,<br \/>\nalleging that it is \u201crazor sharp\u201d and has caused several\u00a0deaths across the country as it is capable of cutting human\u00a0flesh.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner, Zulfiquar Hussain, has alleged in his\u00a0plea that earlier the \u201cvictims\u201d of the synthetic thread were\u00a0birds, \u201cbut now humans are also under threat\u201d and referred to<br \/>\nthe recent death of a 28-year-old man in East Delhi whose\u00a0throat got slit allegedly by such a thread while he was riding\u00a0a motorbike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AAP government on Monday told the Delhi High Court that \u2018Chinese manja\u2019 would be banned soon as it is \u201cconscious of injuries\u201d caused by the kite-flying thread made of nylon. 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