The High Court on Monday cleared the way for the government to release the genetically modified (GM) crop – Bt Brinjal- in the country.
The court passed the order after rejecting two separate writ petitions challenging the legality of a government move to release the Bt Brinjal for the first time in the country.
Both the petitions were rejected as those were not placed with adequate information, the court said during its day’s hearing.
Farida Akhter, organiser of Naya Krishi Andolon, a rights body, and Sakiul Millat Morshed, executive director of Shishuk, an NGO, filed the writ petition on July 29 claiming that the modified Brinjal is harmful to public health and environment.
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