{"id":49839,"date":"2017-09-18T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T05:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49839"},"modified":"2017-09-18T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T05:15:02","slug":"frame-policy-curb-celebratory-firing-delhi-hc-asks-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/frame-policy-curb-celebratory-firing-delhi-hc-asks-centre","title":{"rendered":"Frame policy to curb celebratory firing, Delhi HC asks Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49357\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/press-doesnt-exclusive-right-criticise-anyone-court\/right-to-criticise\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"right to criticise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-49357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frame policy to curb celebratory firing, Delhi HC asks Centre\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frame policy to curb celebratory firing, Delhi HC asks Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and other authorities to frame a policy within three months to curb the practice of celebratory firing.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar told authorities that the plea for stringent norms to curb the practice is certainly not adversarial and is in public interest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an important issue. The authorities shall treat the petition as a representation and notify effective policy on it. The same be done in three months,&#8221; the bench said and disposed of the PILs.<\/p>\n<p>The plea, moved by the father of a girl who died in April 2016 as a result of celebratory firing that took place during a marriage procession, had contended that the act at weddings and other functions, is an &#8220;obnoxious practice&#8221; which &#8220;causes terror in the general public&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners, Shyam Sunder Kausal and NGO Fight for Human Rights had sought directions to the Ministry of Home Affairs to &#8220;frame stringent policy\/ rules\/ guidelines to curb obnoxious practice of celebratory firing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kausal&#8217;s counsel Akash Vajpai had said that the practice is not under check and consequently the numbers of deaths are increasing.<\/p>\n<p>It had said &#8220;carrying of a gun in a marriage procession is illegal under Arms Act, 1959 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 and terms of the licence also forbade the taking of the gun to public assemblage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The petition had further sought direction for the home ministry to devolve a robust mechanism to ensure that these licences are not misused and cancel the licence of anyone who does.<\/p>\n<p>It had also sought direction to the ministry to &#8220;impose heavy fine on the person who misused his licensed arms and pay compensation to the every injured person or person who dies because of the celebratory firing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and other authorities to frame a policy within three months to curb the practice of celebratory firing. 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