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2012 (7) TMI 263 - SC - CustomsChallenge import of toxic wastes from industrialized countries to India - Writ Petition - Ministry of Environment and Forests permitting import of toxic wastes under the cover of recycling - Held that:- Interim directions given with regard to the handling of hazardous wastes and ship breaking in the various orders passed in the writ petition from time to time and, in particular, the orders dated 13th October, 1997 and 14th October, 2003 to issue a notification to ban the import of such identified hazardous substances - The Central Government is also directed to ban import of all hazardous/toxic wastes which had been identified and declared to be so under the BASEL Convention, aimed and protecting marine biology and countries having coast-lines alongside seas and oceans and its different protocols - The Central Government is also directed to bring the Hazardous Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989, in line with the BASEL Convention and Articles 21, 47 and 48A of the Constitution - that without adequate protection to the workers and public the aforesaid Rules are violative of the Fundamental Rights of the citizens and are therefore unconstitutional is however rejected in view of what has been discussed.
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