India, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Sunday questioned the persistent focus on farmers burning paddy stubble as the primary cause of toxic air in Delhi and the National Capital Region. "Stubble burning was there during the Covid (pandemic of 2020-21), but why could the people still see clear blue sky?" the court remarked, as per Live Law.

The bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, hearing the long-running case on air pollution in Delhi-NCR, stressed that the narrative around the burning of farm residue must not become "a political issue or an issue of ego" and emphasised that the causes are multiple.

The court pressed for immediate action on factors outside of farm-residue fires, issuing a directive to t...