The Himachal Pradesh high court dismissed a bunch of petitions filed against setting up of mobile towers on health grounds, citing lack of evidence connecting emissions from the towers to decrease in human health reported Times of India.

Division bench of Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmed Ali and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan pronounced the judgment and said that the allegations in the petition that electromagnetic fields cause harm to human health are misconceptions after studying various material put forward to them including research studies and earlier judgments in the matter.

Rajan S Mathews, director general, of the industry association Cellular Operator Association of India was quoted as saying, “We believe that this landmark order will debunk several myths propagated by certain groups.”