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Supreme Court hears the suo motu case concerning air pollution in Delhi-NCR

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana.

CJI: We hope all of you are enjoying Delhi weather

Sr Adv Aparajita Singh (Amicus): we are hovering around severe...we are losing our voice as well. It's like smoking 30 cigarettes a day!

CJI: It went down because it was raining here

Singh: On 5 November, 14% contribution by stubble burning. Delhi is already polluted. With stubble burning, it tips over. TRANSPORT IS BIGGEST PROBLEM. We need to actually work on local pollution and stubble burning. In NCR, transport, energy, waste burning, etc. issues there

CJI: These are the days when farmers will sow...stubble burning must have [stopped]

Update: 2026-11-06 06:06 GMT

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