The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the governments of Punjab and Haryana over large-scale stubble burning contributing to hazardous air pollution in Delhi-NCR, directing both states to detail the action taken to control the situation.

A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai , and comprising Justices K. Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria , took serious note of the deteriorating air quality and agreed to hear the matter further on November 17 . “Let Punjab and Haryana governments respond on steps taken to control stubble burning,” the CJI said during the hearing.

At the outset, senior advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan informed the court that the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage III was already in force but air quality had crossed dangerous levels. “GRAP IV should be imp

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