State must Activate Enforcement Machinery Against Chinese Manjha During Kite Season: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the Uttar Pradesh government is duty-bound to strictly enforce the ban on the manufacture, sale and use of Chinese manjha, particularly during the peak kite-flying season, to prevent danger to human life and birds.

The Court made the observation while disposing of a PIL seeking fresh directions for enforcement in Jaunpur district.

Declining to treat the plea as a new cause of action, the Bench noted that detailed directions had already been issued in November 2025 and in other pending matters.

The petition was disposed of.

[Himanshu Srivastava v. State of U.P.]