Supreme Court - Daily Orders
M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India on 28 November, 2024
Author: Abhay S. Oka
Bench: Abhay S. Oka
ITEM NO.45 COURT NO.5 SECTION PIL-W
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 13029/1985
M.C. MEHTA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
([ TO BE TAKEN UP AT 3.30 P.M. ] ------ IN RE: COMMISSION FOR AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT (CAQM) (AIR POLLUTION) AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
GRAP IV 1) I.A. NO. 269389/2024 (APPLICATION FOR INTERVENTION) 2)
I.A. Nos. 270761 AND 270763/2024 (APPLICATIONS FOR DIRECTION AND
INTERVENTION) NAME OF THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO
HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST: MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE
(A.C.) MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. A.D.N. RAO, SR.
ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. G.S.
MAKKER, MR. AMRISH KUMAR, MR. M.K. MARORIA MR. SANJAY KR. VISEN,
MR. SUDEEP KUMAR, MR. KARAN SHARMA, MR. SANDEEP KR. JHA MR. JYOTI
MENDIRATTA, MR. RAHUL KHURANA, MR. YASH S VIJAY, MR. SAURABH
AGRAWAL ADVOCATES)
Date : 28-11-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH
Ms. Aparajita Singh,Sr.Adv. (Amicus Curiae)
Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae)
Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury,Adv.(Amicus Curiae)
Ms. Shibani Ghosh,Adv.
Mr. Ishank Ranjan,Adv.
For the parties:
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mrs. Archna Pathak Dave, A.S.G.
Mr. Wasim Quadri, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Swarupma Chaturvedi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Ms. Suhashinin Sen, Adv.
Ms. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Sweksha, Adv.
Signature Not Verified
Ms. Neelakshi Bhadouria, Adv.
Digitally signed by
ANITA MALHOTRA
Date: 2024.11.28
Mr. Rohan Gupta, Adv.
20:13:38 IST
Reason: Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv.
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Mr. S S Rebello, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv.
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mrs. Alka Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar B, Adv.
Ms. Baby Devi Bonia, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh Ii, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Ms. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Ms. Manisha Chava,Adv.(Court Commissioner)
Mr. Abhinav Aggarwal,Adv.(Court Commissioner)
Ms. Srishti Mishra,Adv.(Court Commissioner)
Mr. Aditya Bharat Manubarwala,Adv.(Court Commissioner)
Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR
Mr. Utkarsh Pratap,Adv.
Ms. Arunima Das,Adv.
Ms. Aditi Tripathi,Adv.
Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. S. Wasim A Quadri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Praveen Swarup, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Payal Swarup, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR
Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR
Ms. Aanchal Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Singh Rawat, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Santosh Sachin, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Nair, Adv.
Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Vyas, Adv.
Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv.
Mr. Pradyut Kashyap, Adv.
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Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv.
Ms. Himanshi Shakya, Adv.
Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Swati Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.
Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Mr. Gurminder Singh AG/Sr. Adv.
Mr. Prashant Manchanda, A.A.G.
Mr. Vivek Jain, D.A.G.
Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR
Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.
Ms. Neha, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena,Adv.
Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv.
Mr. V P Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Sheyl Trehan,Adv.
Mr. Chirayu Jain,Adv.
Ms. Vidhi Jain,Adv.
Mr. Shivendra Singh,Adv.
Applicant-in-person
Petitioner-in-person
Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR
Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR
Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bakshi, AOR
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
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Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR
Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR
Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR
Ms. Adviteeya, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR
Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR
Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR
Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR
Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR
Mr. Shri Narain, AOR
Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR
Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR
Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR
Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR
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Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR
M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR
Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR
Mr. Surya Kant, AOR
Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR
Mr. Abhishek, AOR
Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR
Mr. Kushagra Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Anuj Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR
Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR
M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR
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M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR
Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR
Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR
Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Rahul Kumar,Adv.
Mr. Anki Kashyap,Adv.
Mr. Sunil Kumar,Adv.
Mr. Satya Dev Singh,Adv.
Ms. Avni Singh,Adv.
Ms. Sangita Malhotra,Adv.
Ms. Palvi Talwar,Adv.
Mr. Rajbir Singh Takshak,Adv.
Mr. Subhro Sanyal, AOR
Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Ravi Prakash, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Indrajit Prasad, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR
Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR
Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR
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Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Yoginder Handoo, AOR
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR
Mr. Parminder Singh Bhullar, AOR
Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat, Adv.
Mr. Chandrakant Sukumar, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
For M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR
Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.
Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR
Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR
Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR
Mr. Anuj Bhandari, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Ms. Lubna Naaz, AOR
Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR
Ms. Aastha Mehta, Adv.
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
Ms. Prerana Mohapatra, Adv.
Ms. Prina Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv.
M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
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Ms. Sanjivani Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Shekhavat, Adv.
Ms. Filza Moonis, AOR
Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR
Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya,Adv.
Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR
Ms. Divya Jyoti Singh, AOR
Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR
Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR
Mr. Shalen Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Panigrahi, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi, Adv.
Ms. Ekta Kalra, Adv.
Mr. Virender Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Garima Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Deepender Kumar Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR
Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Chanakya Baruah, Adv.
Ms. Saloni, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Singla, Adv.
Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv.
Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv.
Mr. Om Prakash Sapra, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Hukum Deo Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Monica Goel, Adv.
Mr. B C Bhatt, Adv.
Mr. Kishor Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR
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Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, AOR
Mr. Gaurav, AOR
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Mr. Harsh V. Surana, AOR
Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR
Ms. Ishita Jain, AOR
Mr. Anand Kumar Shrivastava, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR
Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv.
Mr. Niraj B. Paonam, Adv.
Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv.
Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR
M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR
Mr. Amit Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, AOR
Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR
Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR
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Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
Mr. D.Kumanan, AOR
Ms. Deepa S, Adv.
Mr. Sheikh F Kalia, Adv.
Mr. Veshal Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Chinmay Anand Panigrahi, Adv.
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR
Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR
Ms. Divya Roy, AOR
M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Singh, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv.
Ms. Puja Sharma, AOR
Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR
Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Nair, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Punishk Handa, Adv.
Mr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR
Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR
Mr. H S Phoolka, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Niraj Gupta, AOR
Mrs. Anshu Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Arni Chaudhari, Adv.
Ms. Surpreet Kaur, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jain, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR
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Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR
Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR
Mr. Anurag Kishore, AOR
Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR
Dr. Brij Bhushan K Jauhari, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Mahan, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Jauhari, AOR
Mr. Hiren Dasan, AOR
Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, AOR
Mrs. Priyanka Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. M. Aamir Faiyaz, Adv.
Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR
Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR
Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR
Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR
Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR
Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR
Mr. Ketan Paul, AOR
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv.
Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
Mr. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
For M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.
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Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR
Ms. Debarati Sadhu, Adv.
Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR
Mr. Sameer Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR
Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, AOR
Mr. Rahul Khurana, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR
Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR
Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR
Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR
Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
Ms. Preeti Sehrawat, Adv.
Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Choudhary, AOR
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR
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Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv.
Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Srishti Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Sumeet Mishra, Adv.
Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR
Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR
Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR
Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR
Mr. Chritarth Palli, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
Mr. Akhil Anand, AOR
Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR
Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Akanksha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Pearl Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR
Mr. Sameer Shrivastava, AOR
Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR
Mr. Aakarshan Aditya, AOR
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Mr. Prasanna S., AOR
Ms. Mithu Jain, AOR
Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR
Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR
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Mr. Shariq Ahmed, Adv.
For M/S. Ahmadi Law Offices, AOR
Ms. Surabhi Sanchita, AOR
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv.
Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
Mr. Usha Prabakaran, Adv.
For M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR
Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR
Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR
Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR
Ms. Neeru Vaid, AOR
Mr. Avi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shiven Varma, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Malik, Adv.
Ms. Komal Mundhra, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. We had a glance at the second report of the Court Commissioners. What both reports depict is the abject failure of the various authorities to implement Graded Response Action Plan (for short, “the GRAP”)-IV measures in its true letter and spirit. There are violations pointed out in both the reports. We request the Court Commissioners to supply the copies of both the reports to the learned counsel representing the States and other stake holders. We expect the States to make a statement before us about the action which they propose to take in 14 case of breaches which are specifically pointed out by the Court Commissioners.
2. We continue the appointment of the Court Commissioners.
3. We accept the suggestions made by the Court Commissioners and direct the Transport Department of Delhi Government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to appoint Nodal Officers for the purposes of facilitating the work by the Court Commissioners.
4. Immediate issue which needs to be addressed is that the trucks are allowed to enter the limits of Delhi and then after travelling some distance, they are taking U-turn to go back to the place from where they have arrived. This issue also needs to be addressed.
5. We make it clear that all GRAP-IV measures except the measures which are modified in respect of the schools will continue to operate till Monday i.e. 2nd December, 2024.
6. We clarify that as far as clause (1) of Stage IV ('Severe +' Air Quality) of GRAP is concerned, there is a complete ban on the entry of all trucks in Delhi except the following categories:
(a) The trucks carrying essential commodities;
(b) The trucks providing essential services; and
(c) All LNG/CNG/Electric/BS-VI diesel trucks. 15
7. There are no other exceptions admissible under clause (1) of Stage IV. Therefore, if any authority has issued any instructions which run contrary to the above, the same will not bind the Police and other staff posted at the entry points.
8. In the meanwhile, the Commission for Air Quality Management (for short, “the Commission”) will hold a meeting and come out with their suggestions about moving from GRAP-IV to GRAP-III or GRAP-II. We also make it clear that it is not necessary that all measures which are provided in GRAP-IV should be dispensed with. There can be a combination of measures in GRAP-III and GRAP-IV. The suggestions of the Commission with reasons shall be placed before the Court on Monday i.e. 2nd December, 2024.
9. We are informed that our directions in paragraph 4 of the order dated 25th November, 2024 has not been implemented by any of the National Capital Region States. We direct the compliance to be made with the said directions at the earliest and in any case on or before Monday i.e. 2nd December, 2024.
10. Our attention is invited to the compliance report filed by the Commission. Show cause notices have been issued to the various functionaries for taking action under Section 14 of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021 (for short, "the Act"). The action needs to be expedited.
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11. Our attention is also invited to an article appearing in India Today of 27th November, 2024 which records that a Land Records Officer and others admitted that they were advising the farmers to burn stubble after 4.00 p.m. to avoid satellite detection. We are not accepting the correctness of this news item. But if it is correct, it is very serious. The State officials cannot permit any farmer to take advantage of the fact that at present, only those farm fire activities are being detected which take place during few hours of the day. The Government of Punjab shall immediately issue instructions to all the officials not to indulge in any such activities.
12. In terms of paragraph 5 of our last order, the Commission will issue the necessary directions consisting of mitigating measures as suggested by us in paragraph 5.
13. The learned Additional Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the Union of India states that the clarification issued by the Director (Technical) of the Commission on 28th November, 2024 will be withdrawn.
14. To be listed at the end of the cause list on 2nd December, 2024.
(ANITA MALHOTRA) (AVGV RAMU)
AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER
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