The Supreme Court on Wednesday lashed out at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay , for backing out of a government project to instal...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday lashed out at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, for backing out of a government project to install a smog tower in Delhi to fight pollution, Live Law reported. The court warned the institute of contempt proceedings.
In December, the top court had directed the Delhi government and the Centre to set up a smog tower, essentially a large air purifier, at Connaught Place within three months. The court had directed IIT-Bombay to take responsibility for the project. A professor from the institute was also a part of the committee formed to provide technical expertise for the project.
During the top court hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that IIT-Bombay had written a letter to the government, saying that it will withdraw from the project and the government was now holding discussions with IIT-Delhi and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute to complete the project.
A furious Justice Arun Mishra asked how IIT-Bombay could walk out of the project. “This is nonsense what IIT is saying,” he said. “We will take strict action against them. This [is] contempt.” The court asked Mehta why he had not responded to IIT-Bombay letter’s stating its withdrawal from project.
Mishra demanded that Mehta obtain a response from IIT-Bombay within...
