Lucknow, Nov. 3 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday took a tough stand on the issue of Chinese 'manjha' (thread) being sold despite deaths and injuries caused by it in the state, including Lucknow. The court expressed displeasure over the state government's "failure" to take concrete steps to stop the sale and purchase of the thread in the state. The court directed that the next hearing of the case be held on November 6.

A division bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla passed the order on November 2 in response to a public interest litigation filed by a local lawyer in 2018. The petition raised the issue of Chinese 'manjha' endangering lives daily and demanded a strict ban on it. During the hearing, the st...