New Delhi: Taking a tough stand on acid attacks on women, the Supreme Court is likely to pass an interim order on Thursday to regulate the sale of acid across the country. Pressing for urgent steps, the court had asked the government to come up with a draft report.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Centre had proposed several steps to curb the sale of acid in open market. During the hearing, Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran, appearing for the Centre, referred to some provisions of the new rules to drive home the point that adequate measures have been taken to regulate the retail sale of acids and other poisonous substances.
One of them requires shopkeepers to have a licence to sell acid and a buyer to submit a photo identity card to purchase it. "Every sale of poisons, shall, as far practicable, be made by the licence-holder in person or where the licence-holder is a firm or a company, under supervision of an accredited representative or such firm or company. A licence holder shall not sell any poison to any person, unless the latter is personally known to him or identified to his satisfaction by producing a photo identity card which has his address or substantiate it with a document giving his address.. he shall not sell any poison to any person who appears to him to be under the age of 18 years...," Parasaran said referring to proposed rules.
The Solicitor General also said only licenced persons or entity would be able to sell such substances and the acids, to be sold in retail, which would be less harmful as their strength would be reduced.
(With additional information from PTI)
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