“Hue and cry” over farmers’ stubble burning is without any scientific and factual basis, the Supreme Court said on Monday after the Centre said that it contributes only 10 per cent to air pollution in Delhi-NCR. 

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said, “We have come to the con-clusion that stubble burning is not the major cause of pollution and it contributes to only 10 per cent of the air pollution.” Reacting on his submission, a three-judge bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana, Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said, “Are you agreeing that stubble burning is not the main cause? That hue and cry has no scientific or factual basis?”