New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reorganised its proceedings on air pollution to ensure that different issues are examined separately and overlapping matters do not create confusion or delay.

A Principal Bench of the NGT, headed by Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Expert Member Dr Afroz Ahmad, passed the order on August 24, while hearing a batch of matters concerning air pollution in Delhi-NCR and other parts of the country.

The Tribunal took note of the Supreme Court's March 12 order in the long-running MC Mehta vs Union of India air pollution case. The Supreme Court had formally closed the 1985 proceedings and directed that five fresh suo motu cases be registered to deal with different aspects of ...