{"id":58475,"date":"2020-01-10T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58475"},"modified":"2020-01-10T12:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T07:10:36","slug":"notice-to-centre-and-eci-on-plea-against-use-of-plastic-especially-banners-and-hoardings-during-polls-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/notice-to-centre-and-eci-on-plea-against-use-of-plastic-especially-banners-and-hoardings-during-polls-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"Notice to Centre and ECI on plea against use of plastic especially banners and hoardings during polls : Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-in-sc-against-govts-move-to-authorise-10-agencies-to-intercept-monitor-any-computer\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?fit=621%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"621,330\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?fit=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?fit=621%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?resize=621%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?resize=621%2C330&amp;ssl=1 621w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/supreme-october2009-photograph-saxena-delhi-sunil-tuesday_e3f0b7b2-d96c-11e7-9b6d-9e5c5485959d-621x330.jpg?resize=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission of India on a plea against use of plastic, especially banners and hoardings, during elections.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the poll panel while seeking their response within four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by one W Edwin Wilson against the National Green Tribunal&#8217;s order asking the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officers of all states and Union Territories to monitor the\u00a0compliance of advisories against the use of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>The plea in apex court said that NGT did not pass effective order on the main issue of ban on PVC banners use in elections which are a huge menace.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson had claimed that campaigning material made of plastic is used during elections and later discarded as waste, which was detrimental to the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission of India on a plea against use of plastic, especially banners and hoardings, during elections. 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