Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 24: A bench of Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant heard the plea pertaining to the issue of the worrying situation in Delhi due to air pollution today.
The apex court asked Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments about any study to show how much stubble has been removed from these States and what emission control methods have been adopted.
“This is the national capital. Look at the signal we are sending to the world,” the top court told the government.
“As a government lawyer and we judges are discussing this issue, what is the bureaucracy doing? They can go on field talk to farmers, involve scientists and take a decision, suggests CJI,” said Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on the issue of stubble burning.
“We are not going to close this case. Even if pollution goes down now, we will continue to hear this case and issue directions,” the court added.
SC asks Centre to continue the measures for controlling air pollution for the next two-three days. In the meantime, if the pollution level becomes 100, then some restrictions can be lifted.
Interestingly, the Supreme Court had earlier observed that TV debates are causing more air pollution than anything else and everybody has their own agenda while hearing cases relating to increasing air pollution in Delhi-NCR.
The Supreme Court will hear the case next on November 29.
