India, Nov. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Punjab and Haryana governments to inform it on the steps that had been taken to prevent stubble burning cases and said it will take up the alleged issue of non-functional monitoring stations next week. The court was hearing a number of pleas on the air pollution in the Delhi-NCR regionevenas the air quality index (AQI) stayed in the 'severe' category for a second day.

Giving them a week's time to file a response, a bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai, said, "We direct the Punjab and Haryana governments to file a response with regard to what steps have been taken by them for prohibiting stubble burning in their states."

The order came after the amicus curiae, s...