NHRC summons chief secretaries of Delhi- NCR state governments, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has summoned the chief secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab to appear before it on November 18, holding them accountable for stubble burning in the National Capital Region.Observing that farmers have been resorting to stubble burning "under compulsion", the NHRC...

SC to hear PIL seeking guidelines on farm fires to curb pollution on November 10, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As the national capital has virtually turned into a gas chamber with pollution levels rising to alarming level, a PIL has been filed in the apex court seeking its immediate intervention and the court agreed to hear the plea on November 10. Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, who...