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Top court lays down detailed order
The Free Press Journal
|February 22, 2026
The Supreme Court has issued a comprehensive set of directions across the country to ensure proper enforcement of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, which will come into force from April 1, 2026.
The Court flagged poor compliance with the 2016 Rules, particularly the failure to segregate waste into wet, dry and hazardous categories in both urban and rural areas, and pointed to massive dumpsites in metropolitan cities.
A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice SVN Bhatti passed the order on February 19 while hearing a civil appeal filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation against a National Green Tribunal order imposing environmental compensation of Rs 1.80 crore and Rs 121 lakh for alleged lapses in complying with waste management norms, Live Law reports.
This story is from the February 22, 2026 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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