'Easy to blame farmers': Supreme Court doubts if stubble burning sole reason for Delhi air pollution

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed reservations over whether stubble burning by farmers could be the sole reason for the ongoing Delhi air pollution crisis.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi proceeded to seek a report on measures taken to contain other pollutants.

CJI Kant pointed out that it is 'easy to blame farmers who engage in stubble burning when they are not represented before the Court or in a position to defend themselves'.

"We don't want to comment on stubble burning as it's easy to pass off burden on those who are hardly represented before us," he said.

Stubble burning had taken place earlier also, but had not resulted the drastic dip in air quality that Delhi has been witnessing as of late, the CJI said.