India, Nov. 10 -- The Supreme Court has given the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Delhi Police and the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan two weeks to explain the steps they are taking to regulate the movement of over-age and non-compliant vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR), citing a sharp increase in concerns linked to vehicular emissions.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued the directions on November 6 while hearing a suo motu case on air pollution in Delhi-NCR. The matter will be heard again on November 23.

The court recorded that data placed before it showed a substantial decline in stubble-burning incidents across Delhi,...