Court warns of contempt proceedings over Delhi govt's smog tower project

The court reportedly said that it would punish IIT-B for backing out of the project approximately 6 months after visiting the site

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday afternoon rebuked IIT Bombay and threatened to punish the institution with contempt proceedings if it carried through with its intention to withdraw from the “smog tower”project with the Delhi government. 

The court reportedly said that it would punish the institution for  backing out of the project approximately 6 months after visiting the site with Tata Projects officials and a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was drawn up by the Central Pollution Control Board in January, reported NDTV.

"I can't tolerate this nonsense. We will punish IIT Bombay and other authorities for delaying court orders. How can they