Supreme Court to hear pleas on rising pollution on Tuesday
An advocate sought urgent hearing of his plea for banning diesel vehicles in some cities.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would hear on December 15 all matters relating to rising level of air pollution in the national capital including a plea to ban diesel-run vehicles.
"We will hear it on Tuesday as other matter is already listed for hearing," a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said when an advocate sought urgent hearing of his plea for banning diesel vehicles in some cities in the country.
The apex court had on Thursday stepped into the raging debate on pollution and had agreed to examine a suggestion to ban entry of all diesel-run trucks, except those carrying essential goods, into the national capital.
It had also asked the Centre to come up with "common minimum acceptable programmes" on the issue after consulting all stakeholders.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae in a 1984 PIL filed by environmentalist M C Mehta on the issue, had suggested that trucks, except those carrying essential goods into Delhi, can be banned in pursuance of the 2001 order of the apex court.