Kathmandu Sept 13-A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court Tuesday demanding ban on the use of teargas and dirty water to contain protests, et al.
Santosh Bhatt, president of Free Students Association of Bishwo Bhasa Campus, Kathmandu, and two other student leaders in their writ petition argued that police authorities had been making excessive use of teargas shells which is injurious to heath.
They also said the police personnel sprayed dirty water to disperse protesters during recent demonstrations in the capital.
Hearing on the case is likely on Wednesday, it is learnt.
There have been cases of targeted firings of teargas shells in which several protesters suffered injuries in the last few days, along with health hazards caused by the harmful chemical.
A group of eight doctors had last week demanded that the government completely ban the use of teargas considering the heath hazards associated to it.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has already urged the government not to use teargas shells.
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