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The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court directed idol makers that the idols made from Plaster of Paris (PoP) have to be sold as "POP objects" and "not as idols intended for any kind of worship, that also pollutes water bodies. (Vinodkumar Rameshchand Gupta & Anr. v. Union of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Control & Ors.) Due to the ‘Revised Guidelines For Idol Immersion’, issued on May 12, 2020 by Central Pollution Control Board, they were unable to sell the PoP made religious idols during the ensuing festivals which is causing huge loss to them. The Court was informed that about 4.5 lakh PoP made idols had already been manufactured and sold out. THE PETITION SUBMITED BY THEM: *The sudden ban imposed on sale of PoP made idols has come very suddenly it has a potential of causing financial loss. *They says, resulted in violation of their right to carry on their trade in a reasonable manner. The bench of Justices SB Shukre and AS Kilor, was informed about an order of 2012, which has faced the same petitioners who had retracted their challenge to the then prevailing ban order on PoP idols. after Considering previous case the Court didn't agreed to the submissions made by the petitioners which says about the "suddenness of the ban" and proceeded to dismiss the petition. As the petitioners had a financial interest to safeguard, the court allowed "sell the idols (manufactured by them so far) only as PoP objects and not as idols". The bench also says that, shopkeeper have to inform the buyers that the object is ,"not intended for any kind of worship nor are they intended to be immersed in any water body, natural or artificial". The bench also says that, shopkeeper have to inform the buyers that the object is,"not intended for any kind of worship nor are they intended to be immersed in any water body, natural or artificial". The Bench directed, proper guidelines have to be implemented by other Municipal Corporations and other local bodies, only idols made up of biodegradable material could be allowed to be disposed of by immersion in natural or man-made water bodies The Court appointed Advocate Shrirang Bhandarkar as the amicus curiae in the case. And The Bench also directed the Registry to prepare proper petition and told to place it before 31 august 2021 to, Public Interest Litigation. READ THE ORDER
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