Court
questions government on junk food ban in schools
Wednesday December 22, 2010 06:58:31 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Delhi government, the
health ministry and the human resource development ministry on the
issue of banning the sale of junk food in and around schools, an
NGO said in a statement Wednesday.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan
has asked for responses to the notices by Feb 12, 2011, and has
appointed senior counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul as the amicus curiae
to assist it in the case.
A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High
Court by NGO Uday Foundation to ban the sale of junk food and
carbonated drinks in and around schools across the country.
"On the one hand, children are taught in the classroom about
nutrition and the value of a healthy lifestyle, but on the other
hand, we continue to make junk food available to them," Uday
Foundation co-founder Rahul Verma said in an earlier statement.
"Banning junk food and carbonated drinks in schools will set new
standards for healthy food that will make our kids feel better,
grow better and learn better, and it will improve the nutrition
quality of school meals," Verma added.
The petition asks the respondents - the Delhi government, Delhi's
education department, the human resource development and health
ministries and the National Commission for Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR) - to formulate a comprehensive canteen policy so
that only healthy food is available in schools.
It also asked for banning the sale of junk food within 100 yards
of a school campus.
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