India, Oct. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised the Delhi government and the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for failing to enforce its firecracker rules during festivals. Repeated violations had made its orders seem "academic" and amounted to a "mockery", the top court reportedly said.

The top court was hearing the impact of firecrackers on Delhi-NCR's air quality. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale questioned the authorities over the lack of concrete data on enforcement and the impact of measures taken to curb pollution in the region.

"What did you actually do? Unless you can tell us what you have done, what is the point of passing orders? It becomes a mockery then," the bench asked Delhi government,...