According to the Central Government guidelines, no one will be able to purchase acid without submitting a photo ID. Also, shopkeepers who sell acid will have to obtain a licence to do the same.
The guidelines come after the Supreme Court hauled up the government for not having done enough to check the sale and purchase of acid to curb the incidents of acid attacks.
The court was hearing a PIL filed in 2006 by an acid attack victim Laxmi. She sought a total ban on the sale of acid and compensation. She had also sought an amendment to the existing criminal laws or framing of a new law to deal with such offence.
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