New Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a 1985 PIL concerning air pollution in Delhi and adjoining areas, and directed the apex court registry to register a suo motu case on issues of air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Several landmark judgements and orders were passed in the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by environmentalist M C Mehta in 1985 for prevention, controlling and management of pollution level in Delhi-NCR and other related issues.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi noted that several applications on various issues were filed in the PIL and the court had issued directions on them from time to time.
It noted that during the previous hearing, the parties had pointed out that it was high time that the proceedings in the PIL be formally disposed of and the petition be appropriately re-captioned.
“Keeping the suggestions… we formally dispose of the writ petition,” the bench said, adding the apex court registry shall not entertain any interlocutory or miscellaneous applications in that petition.
“Instead, the registry is directed to register suo motu proceedings ‘Re: Issues of air pollution in National Capital Region’,” the bench said.
It directed that all the pending applications as of now be registered as writ petitions and each interlocutory applications be assigned a separate writ petition number.
The apex court is seized of a range of issue related to pollution, including vehicular pollution, in the Delhi-NCR.
In December last year, the apex court described the pollution crisis in the region as an “annual feature” and called for pragmatic and practical solutions to tackle the menace. PTI ABA MNL ZMN
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