Bombay HC Allows Making PoP Idols Because CPCB Guidelines Are Advisory

Rohit Manohar Joshi & Ors. Vs State of Maharashtra & Ors. (Bombay High Court) The Bombay High Court considered Public Interest Litigation No. 96 of 2024 along with several writ petitions challenging or relating to the Revised Guidelines dated 12 May 2020 issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The PIL sought implementation of the Revised Guidelines, alleging that the idol industry continued to manufacture and immerse idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in violation of the CPCB guidelines. In the connected writ petitions, the petitioners challenged the validity of Clause ...