New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered registration of a suo motu case on the pollution caused by discharge of industrial waste into Rajasthan's Jojari river as the court noted that discharge of industrial waste was posing a health hazard for villagers dependent on it.

A bench of justices VIkram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took up the case for consideration and directed the Registry to place the matter before the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for assigning the matter to an appropriate bench.

The bench said, "This court is taking suo motu cognizance with respect to river Marudhara Jojari river in Rajasthan where a lot of industrial waste primarily from textile and tile factories is being discharged making hundreds of villa...