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A plea has been filed in Delhi High Court recently, against the implementation of 5G wireless network technology in India, raising issues related to the radiation impact on citizens, animals, flora and fauna.

The Single Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar, before whom the matter came up for hearing today, transferred the suit to another bench for hearing on June 2.

“If the telecommunications industry’s plans for 5G come to fruition, no person, no animal, no bird, no insect and no 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 today.” – stated the plea.

The plea has been preferred by Actor Juhi Chawla, Veeresh Malik and Teena Vachani through Advocate Deepak Khosla and it has been argued that, until and unless 5G technology is "certified safe", its roll out should not be permitted.

The petition further stated that the, clinical and experimental evidence of damage tDNA, cells and organ systems in plants and animals to state the major diseases of modern civilization - cancer, heart disease and diabetes - are, in large part, caused by electromagnetic pollution which is generated by wireless mobile phone technology.

The matter is expected to be heard on June 2, 2021.

Case title – Ms. Juhi Chawla & Ors v. Science and Engineering Research Board & Ors, 2021