New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday slapped a cost of Rs.10,000 on over 30 statesand union territories for not complying with its order directing them to come out with an action plan to prevent proliferation and sale of unlicensed, illegal firearms used in crimes.

With only Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Tripura coming up with action plans, a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma expressed displeasure over the lack of compliance of its November 7, 2024 order.

"We grant some more time for the other states and UTs to submit an action plan, subject to deposit of cost of Rs.10,000 payable to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre within two weeks." The court directed the responses to be filed in six weeks and said, "Only if we ...