JUDGMENT

W.P.(C) No. 154 of 2012

1. The present writ petition is filed Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, 1950. The Petitioners are seeking the following directions, which are as under:-

"(a)(i) the Respondent No. 1 to issue appropriate directions Under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prohibiting the use, sale and disposal of plastic bags in all municipalities and municipal corporations;

(ii) the Respondent No. 1 to issue appropriate directions to all State Governments and municipalities/municipal corporations to forthwith prohibit and/or to phase out in a time bound manner the "open garbage disposal system" and to remove open garbage receptacles;

(iii) the Respondent No. 1 to issue appropriate directions to State Governments, municipal corporations and municipalities requiring them to implement door to door garbage collection and to ensure that waste storage facilities are built and managed such that animals are not allowed to move around in the vicinity of such facilities;

(iv) the Respondent No. 1 issue appropriate directions to State Government/Municipal Corporation and municipalities to require segregation of all plastic waste across the municipal sol