HC stays Centre’s decision on registration for insecticide embedded mosquito nets
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday granted stay on a decision taken by the Registration Committee of the Central Insecticide Board and Registration Committee. The Committee decided
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday granted stay on a decision taken by the Registration Committee of the Central Insecticide Board and Registration Committee. The Committee decided to grant registration for 0.55% alphacypermethrin incorporated long-lasting mosquito nets.
A Division Bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and P. Velmurugan granted stay and ordered notice to the Centre. The court was hearing the petition filed by advocate M. Solomon Bernard Shaw of Madurai. He said that the insecticide embedded mosquito nets were used in tackling mosquito menace. The nets were regarded as cheap and cost effective.