India, Nov. 4 -- Finding several air quality monitoring stations were not working, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to file an affidavit detailing the steps it has taken so far to prevent air pollution in Delhi-NCR from deteriorating further.
A bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, which was hearing the MC Mehta case, said that the authorities must act proactively and not wait for pollution levels to reach a "severe" stage.
Senior advocate Aparajita Singh, who is assisting the bench as an amicus curiae, flagged media reports indicating that several air quality monitoring stations in Delhi were not functioning during the Diwali period.
"There are newspape...