Supreme Court Bench Places Suo Motu Case On Jojari River Contamination Before CJI BR Gavai

A Supreme Court Bench recently placed the suo motu case regarding contamination of Rajasthan's Jojari River before CJI BR Gavai.

The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed an order on October 9, noting that there were commonalities in the issues sought to be dealt in the suo motu case and other appeals pending before the Court. Accordingly, it was deemed fit that the cases be clubbed and heard together, for which purpose appropriate orders have been sought from the CJI.

Tracing the history of the cases involving these issues, the bench observed that writ petitions were initially filed before the Rajasthan High Court. These were transferred to NGT, Delhi, which found that there were 3 rivers involved in the "environmental disaster" - River Luni, River Bandi and River J