New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it by July 28 about any adverse impact, based on research, of the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard crop.
A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said that if the commercial roll out of the GM mustard crop has adverse impact, then the government would have to take a "well-informed" view before coming out with a policy decision on it.
The bench considered the submission of lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the genetically modified seeds might have adverse effects leading diseases like cancer and said that it that was so, then it might restrain the government. Read more
A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said that if the commercial roll out of the GM mustard crop has adverse impact, then the government would have to take a "well-informed" view before coming out with a policy decision on it.
The bench considered the submission of lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the genetically modified seeds might have adverse effects leading diseases like cancer and said that it that was so, then it might restrain the government. Read more