New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS): The Supreme Court Friday permitted the export of 1,090.596 tonnes of already manufactured insecticide endosulfan, subject to strict monitoring and supervision by customs and environment ministry officials.
"We are of the view that 1,090.596 metric tonnes of endosulfan be permitted to be exported...to those countries from whom export orders have been received by the manufacturers in India," said an apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar.
The court was hearing a plea seeking a complete ban on production, sale, distribution and use of the farm insecticide blamed for causing ailments in humans.