While noting that the petition has been pending since

2006, the bench said "when it comes to court, you give us a very rosy picture as every thing will be done but that does not happen." The remarks were made when Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran was making his submission and apprising the court about the developments that took place in pursuance to the August 31, 2012, direction of the apex court to convene such a meeting. He told the bench that the Union Home Secretary had written a letter to the Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizer to constitute an expert group to examine whether a legilslation can be enacted to ban free sale of acid.