{"id":365977,"date":"2025-11-07T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=365977"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:39:44","slug":"chhattisgarh-hc-disposes-pil-in-chinese-manjha-deaths-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/07\/chhattisgarh-hc-disposes-pil-in-chinese-manjha-deaths-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Manjha Deaths Case: Chhattisgarh HC disposes PIL, directs State to ensure strict implementation of ban on manufacture, sale, storage, &amp; use of manjha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Disclaimer:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to give an accurate report to our readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Chhattisgarh High Court:<\/span> In a suo motu writ petition registered regarding deaths caused by Chinese synthetic thread (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">manjha<\/span>), the Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha, CJ., and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bibhu Datta Guru*<\/span>, J., disposed of the petition, holding that no further monitoring of the matter was required as the purpose of initiating the suo motu proceeding had been substantially achieved pursuant to the directions issued from time to time.<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court took cognizance based on a news report published on 20-01-2025 in the Haribhoomi Newspaper, Raipur, regarding the death of a 7-year-old child due to strangulation by a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">manjha.<\/span> A similar incident was also reported in the Dainik Bhaskar, Bilaspur Aanchalik edition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Considering the gravity of the issue, affidavits were sought from the Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, and directions were issued to provide compensation to the victims or their families in cases of injury or death caused by the use of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">manjha<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The State informed that no further incidents occurred in Chhattisgarh and that the administration is closely monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Decision<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Before parting with the matter, the Court directed the State authorities to take all necessary and effective measures to ensure that such unfortunate incidents do not recur. The State Government shall ensure strict implementation of the ban on the manufacture, sale, storage, and use of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">manjha<\/span> throughout Chhattisgarh. The authorities concerned shall also conduct regular checks and monitoring to prevent its circulation in the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further directed that awareness campaigns should be undertaken through print, electronic, and social media to sensitize the general public regarding the dangers associated with the use of such hazardous material.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: #0e101a;\">&#8220;The State is expected to remain vigilant and adopt all preventive steps to safeguard the lives and safety of its citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, the Court held that no further monitoring of the matter was required at this stage as the purpose of initiating the suo motu proceeding had been substantially achieved pursuant to the directions issued from time to time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">In the Matter of Suo Moto Public Interest Litigation v. State of Chhattisgarh, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/K4Ju3PHB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine Chh 10537<\/a>, decided on 03-11-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Order authored by: Justice Bibhu Datta Guru<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the respondents:<\/span> Deputy Advocate General Shashank Thakur<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The State is expected to remain vigilant and adopt all preventive steps to safeguard the lives and safety of its citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67524,"featured_media":365981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[30591,71825,92168,92166,92167,92165,73531,51568,42642],"class_list":["post-365977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-chhattisgarh-high-court","tag-chief-justice-ramesh-sinha","tag-child-death-due-to-strangulation-buy-manjha","tag-chinese-manjha-deaths-case","tag-chinese-synthetic-thread","tag-death-by-manjha","tag-justice-bibhu-datta-guru","tag-manjha","tag-suo-motu-pil"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chhattisgarh HC disposes PIL in Chinese Manjha Deaths Case | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chhattisgarh HC disposed PIL in Chinese Manjha Deaths Case; 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