It was a Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Thakur that revived a 30-year-old PIL filed by activist lawyer M.C. Chief Justice Thakur is also monitoring the Supreme Court ban on luxury diesel vehicles and SUVs with over 2000CC capacity in the National Capital . Chief Justice Thakur said an international framework should be evolved to apply the polluter pays principle to advanced economies like the U.S.“In Kyoto, a resolution was passed, and they decided that developed economies should reduce their emissions by at least one per cent. So an international law based on comity of nations taking into consideration the humanity living in both industrialised and non-industrialised nations should be framed,” Chief Justice Thakur said. Under Fundamental Duties enshrined in Article 51A (g) of the Constitution, every citizen has a duty to “protect and improve the environment”.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2016 20:48 UTC