Stop the ban on sunfilms in cars!
Stop the ban on sunfilms in cars!
The Issue
Govt. and Courts dont have a right to indulge in a citizen's privacy.
On April 27, the Supreme Court issued an order, effective from May 4, 2012, banning sun film on car windows, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a man called Avishek Goenka, who calls himself a PIL activist on his Twitter page.
His website, http://saveaamadmi.com, reveals his irritating penchant for spending his leisure hours going through the crime pages of newspapers, filing petitions in the Supreme Court, and typing in upper case.
His latest cause reads: “users of 2.wheelers & sub 4 lac.fuel eff. cars paying premium for petrol whereas owners of fuel devouring suv.s devouring subsidised diesel … is it justified ??” It appears that his grouse is against subsidy on the price of diesel, which allows people who can afford cars that cost more than Rs 4 lakh (Rs 400,000) to spend less money on each litre of fuel than people with cheaper cars or bikes.
Though his contention that sun film facilitates rape, kidnapping and smuggling has drawn ire on several sites, including this blog and the comments section of an online petition, he appears to have the overwhelming support of India’s busy Supreme Court judges.
Calling him “public spirited”, the Court held that “alarming rise in heinous crimes like kidnapping, sexual assault on women and dacoity have impinged upon the right to life and the right to live in a safe environment.” Repeatedly citing shortage of policemen and the “scarce” availability of devices such as a luxometer, which can measure the opaqueness of vehicle windows, the apex court decided that the best option was to ban sun film. However, there is no ban on the use of tinted glass with the same visual light transmission (VLT) level. Nor is there a ban on the use of curtains for privacy.
http://www.theindiasite.com/the-sun-film-ban-no-country-for-women/
Now you gonna ask us to have clear glass windows at home?? How about the tint in trains?? It's for keeping the interiors cool right ?? What basis you rule and make laws ?
The Issue
Govt. and Courts dont have a right to indulge in a citizen's privacy.
On April 27, the Supreme Court issued an order, effective from May 4, 2012, banning sun film on car windows, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a man called Avishek Goenka, who calls himself a PIL activist on his Twitter page.
His website, http://saveaamadmi.com, reveals his irritating penchant for spending his leisure hours going through the crime pages of newspapers, filing petitions in the Supreme Court, and typing in upper case.
His latest cause reads: “users of 2.wheelers & sub 4 lac.fuel eff. cars paying premium for petrol whereas owners of fuel devouring suv.s devouring subsidised diesel … is it justified ??” It appears that his grouse is against subsidy on the price of diesel, which allows people who can afford cars that cost more than Rs 4 lakh (Rs 400,000) to spend less money on each litre of fuel than people with cheaper cars or bikes.
Though his contention that sun film facilitates rape, kidnapping and smuggling has drawn ire on several sites, including this blog and the comments section of an online petition, he appears to have the overwhelming support of India’s busy Supreme Court judges.
Calling him “public spirited”, the Court held that “alarming rise in heinous crimes like kidnapping, sexual assault on women and dacoity have impinged upon the right to life and the right to live in a safe environment.” Repeatedly citing shortage of policemen and the “scarce” availability of devices such as a luxometer, which can measure the opaqueness of vehicle windows, the apex court decided that the best option was to ban sun film. However, there is no ban on the use of tinted glass with the same visual light transmission (VLT) level. Nor is there a ban on the use of curtains for privacy.
http://www.theindiasite.com/the-sun-film-ban-no-country-for-women/
Now you gonna ask us to have clear glass windows at home?? How about the tint in trains?? It's for keeping the interiors cool right ?? What basis you rule and make laws ?
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Petition created on 26 June 2015