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#DelhiPollution hearing underway in the #SupremeCourt. Attorney General KK Venugopal says crop stubble burning may be allowed on certain conditions but Court outrightly rejects it. "It is a question of life & death of crores of people. We can't allow this," says SC.
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While Justice Arun Mishra makes some sharp comments on why the court can't allow stubble burning, the top law officer retorts: "You can't control 200, 000 farmers. They will continue violating."
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#Punjab chief secretary is getting it left, right & centre from Justice Arun Mishra: "Why are you the chief secretary if you can't protect life? Let the Central Govt rule the entire country if you say everything has to be done by them. You shouldn't be in the chair."
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"Punishing farmers isn't a solution. States will instead have law and order problems if you do this. Make them aware, sensitise them, give them incentives. Cattle dying is an issue but people dying isn't?" Justice Mishra on #DelhiPollution.

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Capt Amarinder Singh Govt gets earful in #SupremeCourt on what Justice Mishra described as self-declared bankruptcy. "You have money for everything else but not for poor farmers. But let us make it clear self-declared bankruptcy is no excuse," he adds.

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#Haryana and #UttarPradesh governments have also been questioned by the #SupremeCourt over their handling of the crop stubble burning issues. It points out its orders will apply to #Punjab and these two states, apart from the #Delhi-NCR.

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#Delhi Govt also slammed by SC over pollution: "If it wasn't for the Monitoring Committee, you would have finished Delhi. You cannot deal with road dust, not with construction demolition, not with garbage dumping. Why are you (chief secretary) in the chair?"

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