says it’s not a garbage collector
AMN / NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre for filing an 845-page affidavit containing incomplete information about solid waste management across the country and said the apex court is not a “garbage collector”. The top court declined to take the affidavit on record and said the government cannot dump “junk” before it.
A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta directed the Centre to file a chart within three weeks indicating whether the states and union territories have constituted state-level advisory boards in accordance with the provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.
It also directed the government to tell in its chart the date the advisory boards were constituted in the states and UTs, names of members of the boards and also details of any meetings conducted by them.
The counsel appearing for the Centre informed the court that they have received information from 22 states about the constitution of state-level advisory boards and have compiled data.
