Delhi HC asks Juhi Chawla to give short note on plea against 5G technology

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked actressenvironmentalist Juhi Chawla to file a short note on her plea against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country while raising issues related to the technologys radiation impact on citizens animals flora and faunaJustice J R Midha said a twopage note be filed by the plaintiff by 230 PM and the court will take up the suit for hearing at 3 PMThe court said it will first take up four applications filed by Chawla and two others in the plea including permission to institute the suitThe court also permitted advocate Amit Mahajan representing the Department of Telecommunication DoT to file a oneanda half page note to see if an audience is required to be given to itDefendants cannot claim right to audience till I issue notice I will see if they have a right the judge saidThe plea filed through advocate Deepak Khosla claimed that these 5G wireless technology plans threaten to provoke serious irreversible effects on humans and permanent damage to the earthrsquos ecosystemsThe suit filed by Chawla Veeresh Malik and Teena Vachani has said if the telecom industryrsquos plans for 5G come to fruition no person animal bird insect and plant on earth will be able to avoid exposure 24 hours a day 365 days a year to levels of RF radiation that are 10x to 100x times greater than what exists todayThe suit has sought a direction to the authorities to certify to the public at large that how 5G technology is safe to humans animals and every type of living organism flora and faunaldquoThis suit will reveal a complete sellout by the regulatory agencies who statutorily have been tasked to protect the health and life of the public but whose actions reveal an utter derogation of their own statutory duty in order to advance private interestsrdquo the plea has allegedldquoSince lsquopreventionrsquo is wellaccepted to be far better than lsquocurersquo immediate measures must be taken to protect humanity and the environment in accordance with ethical imperatives as well as formal international agreements before such harm is actually unleashedrdquo it saidThe plea said that in April 2019 Brussels became the first major city in the world to halt any further steps in the 5G rollout on account of health hazardsldquoIn fact as recently as on May 5 2021 the Parliament of Belgium still not willing to allow 5G rollout in Brussels invited 45 ordinary citizens drawn at random to address it on their concerns assuring them that the 5G rollout will not be permitted till they are heard by Parliament and their concerns are properly and fully addressedrdquo it saidIt said the plaintiffs are not against the implementation of technological advancements and they are filing the suit with the sole intent to ensure that health and safety of citizens are preserved and not compromised at any cost mainly due to the developments and advancements in the ldquoadmittedlyuntested fieldrdquo of advanced wireless communication especially 5GThe plea said that India has also entered the lsquo5G racersquo in an effort to ldquoflaunt its advancements and achievementsrdquo in the field of technology and digital communicationIt said the urge to compete in this race has somewhat distracted the nation from taking into consideration some alarming factors to the health of present and future generationsThe plea said it is not widely acknowledged that this will also result in unprecedented environmental change on a global scale because the harm from such frequencies is not just to human life but to everything at an ldquoatomic levelrdquoldquoIn other words in the case of 5G cellular telecommunication what is being paved the way for is another healthdisaster regulatory fiasco very much like tobacco asbestos etcetera where palpablyvisible dangers by such products were being shouted literally from the rooftops but repeatedly ignored by the regulatory agencies for decades altogether despite undeniable evidence laid on the table until the protests had reached a deafening crescendordquo it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever