SC To centre :Don't dump garbage in courts

New Delhi Feb 6: The Supreme Court on Tuesday had made some stern remarks against the Centre and said that apex court is not a "garbage collector".

The top court made the above remarks when the government has filed an 845-page affidavit containing incomplete information about solid waste management across the country

The Court has also declined to take the affidavit on record and said the government cannot dump "junk" before it.

The judges have also said that "What are you trying to do? Are you trying to impress us? We are not impressed. You are trying to dump everything on us.We are not going to accept it.Don't do this. Whatever junk you have, you dump it before us. We are not garbage collectors. Be absolutely clear about this".

"There is no point in filing affidavits if they contain nothing. We are not taking this affidavit on record... You have not seen it and you want us to see this affidavit," the bench observed.

Earlier the Court had urged the government to file a reply on the status of implementation of the solid waste management rules 2006.