Tag: Lokur

Supreme Court puts on hold Justice Lokur Committee on stubble burning as govt promises comprehensive legislation

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Supreme Court of India today has kept in abeyance its October 16 order appointing Justice Madan B. Lokur as head of a one-man committee to monitor/prevent stubble burning in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. Stubble burning is a major cause of pollution in the Delhi NCR region. A three-judge bench

Supreme Court appoints Justice Madan Lokur Committee to look into stubble burning menace

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): Accepting the suggestion of Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, the Supreme Court today appointed former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Madan Lokur, to head a one-man committee to monitor the situation in Punjab Haryana and UP regarding the stubble burning issue. The committee’s mandate would be to prevent the problem from assuming unmanageable

Punjab is losing water on the plans of Delhi to tackle pollution, farmers said – we are forced to burn stubble

Source:-https://pledgetimes.com In Delhi-NCR these days the haze has once again sparked debate about all kinds of pollution. In the midst of the day-to-day pollution taking place in the capital and surrounding areas, the process of stubble burning in Punjab is still going on and the farmers here are busy pouring water on the Delhi government’s