The Bombay High Court on Tuesday orally observed that the impact of air pollution on the economy needed to be examined and just uttering “harsh words will not yield any results”.
During a hearing on the issue of air pollution, amicus curiae (friend of court) Darius Khambata cited former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath’s recent comments in Davos that “pollution is a major economic threat to India than trade-related challenges”.
In 2023, the court had taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of increasing air pollution and passed a slew of directions to civic bodies and other authorities to take steps to deal with the problem.
During the previous hearing on January 23, a bench led by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar had slammed civic authorities for their “belligerent disregard” of its orders to mitigate air pollution and warned of halting salaries of top municipal officials.
When the matter was called on Tuesday, Amicus Darius Khambata, during his …​The Bombay High Court on Tuesday orally observed that the impact of air pollution on the economy needed to be examined and just uttering “harsh words will not yield any results”.
During a hearing on the issue of air pollution, amicus curiae (friend of court) Darius Khambata cited former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath’s recent comments in Davos that “pollution is a major economic threat to India than trade-related challenges”.
In 2023, the court had taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of increasing air pollution and passed a slew of directions to civic bodies and other authorities to take steps to deal with the problem.
During the previous hearing on January 23, a bench led by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar had slammed civic authorities for their “belligerent disregard” of its orders to mitigate air pollution and warned of halting salaries of top municipal officials.
When the matter was called on Tuesday, Amicus Darius Khambata, during his … ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
