Environment & Ecology·Environmental Cases
Stubble Burning — Environmental Cases
Updated 9 Mar 2026
Environmental Cases
Arjun Gopal & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors.
2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023This series of Supreme Court cases, initiated by children, brought the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR to national attention. The Court has repeatedly issued directions to the…
Vardhman Kaushik vs. Union of India & Ors.
2015The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in this case issued a blanket ban on crop residue burning in states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. It directed these states…