Courts can’t enter into everything: CJI rejects plea seeking urgent hearing on Delhi pollution
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday heard a case on Delhi pollution caused by farm fires and asked counsel whether it is possible to ban it.
“Do you think we should ban everything to solve this problem? Should we stop everything?” the CJI asked, turning down a plea for an urgent hearing on Delhi pollution.
“We should deal with cases which we can take on the judicial side. The courts can’t enter into everything. We are not going to hear it sooner. Let it come in due course,” he added.
In the first week of November, Delhi faced hazardous levels of pollution, with the air quality becoming severe due to vehicular emissions and stubble burning in neighbouring states. The plea seeking urgent hearing on Delhi pollution and to issue immediate orders to stop stubble burning was listed for hearing by former CJI UU Lalit.
Justice DY Chandrachud took oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Wednesday, after over six years as a judge of the Supreme Court. He will have a tenure of two years at the Supreme Court.
With several dissenting opinions, well-crafted judgments, and inspiring and empathetic observations, Justice Chandrachud has, through his judgments, made observations on crucial issues of fundamental rights, privacy, gender sensitisation, and rights of women and LGBTQ+, amongst others.
