04-08-2025
Supreme Court stays Kerala HC ban on single-use plastics in state
The Supreme Court Monday stayed the Kerala High Court order banning use and sale of Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) in the state.
A bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran also issued notice to the state on the appeal challenging the June 17, 2025 order which came on a writ petition initiated suo motu by the HC in 2023.
The plea contended that though the petition initiated following a fire at the Solid Waste Plant in Brahmapuram in Kochi was initially limited to enforcing the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the June 17 order, went beyond this scope and issued directions under the Plastic Waste Management rules.
It said the HC's directions go beyond, and in some parts contradict, the existing Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
The HC in its order noted SUP use had become rampant in all areas of the State. —ENS
