A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur and justices AK Sikri and SA Bobde today ordered a ban on all sales of firecrackers and the issuing of new licences in Delhi.

The Delhi high court today asked the city government to see if there was any possibility of lawyers being exempted from the odd-even traffic scheme now in place in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said: “Consider if there is any possibility to ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hold an urgent hearing of a plea challenging the Delhi high court’s order allowing, on trial basis, the odd-even policy for private cars for 15 days here. Declining to hold an early hearing of the plea, the bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur wondered if...

The odd-even scheme is a policy decision and was introduced based on the opinion of experts, the Delhi high court said today, while refusing to interfere with the Aam Aadmi Party government’s pet project to curb air pollution. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said i...

The Delhi government on Friday told the Delhi high court that it may extend the odd-even scheme beyond the planned 15 days trial period, after the court had on Wednesday asked the government why the scheme could not end after only a week of trial . A division bench of chief justice G Rohini and Just...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Aam Aadmi Party government whether it can limit the restriction on the plying of even- and odd-numbered vehicles in the national capital on alternate days to “a week” instead of the planned 15 days. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Ja...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to relax its December 2015 order prohibiting the sale and registration in Delhi of diesel vehicles with engine capacity of 2000cc or above, saying that for now the ban will continue. “This order (banning the registration of diesel vehicles with engine capacity o...

Fresh petitions were filed on Tuesday in the Delhi High Court challenging the Aam Aadmi Party government’s decision to only allow even and odd numbered vehicles to ply in Delhi on alternative dates from 1 January for 15 days. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath would h...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur and Supreme Court Justice AK Sikri are carpooling, reported The Indian Express : The two also finalised their travel itinerary for the next 15 days when the odd-even scheme would be in effect in the capital. The two decided to lead by example and carpool, despi...

Delhi’s lawyers on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to exempt advocates from the city government’s odd-even vehicle restriction plan. The coordination committee of all district court bar associations, in its letter to Kejriwal, said that the odd-even traffic restricti...

he Supreme Court today doubled the environment compensation charge (ECC) for loaded commercial vehicles entering Delhi and imposed a blanket ban on registration of diesel vehicles of 2,000 cc and above in the National Capital Region (NCR). A bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur, Justice AK Sikri and Jus...

The Supreme Court today said that trying to tackle the alarming problem of air pollution in Delhi with ad hoc solutions without a multi-pronged policy would not be helpful. “The absence of a policy (to tackle the growing air pollution) reflects on our ability to cope with the problem,” said a bench ...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to restrain the city government from enforcing it’s decision to allow even and odd number cars to ply in Delhi on alternative dates, saying the decision is on a “trial basis”. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath refused to pass...

The central government on Thursday said that non-Delhi bound trucks and commercial vehicles have no business to use the capital as a transit route as the Supreme Court sought suggestions on ways and means to levy pollution compensatory charges on them for contributing to already alarming air polluti...

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central and Delhi governments as to why pollution compensatory charge be not levied on the trucks and commercial vehicles entering national capital and further contributing to already alarming air pollution in the city.

In Arjun Gopal vs UOI filed in the Supreme Court, the three infants, all residents of Delhi, have sought the immediate intervention of Supreme Court against the inevitable and upcoming widespread use of firecrackers and fireworks and other products of the same classification, especially during the festivals of Dussehra and Diwali. The Supreme Court, their petition says, is bound under Article 32 to take interim steps in effectuating the people’s right to clean, healthy and breathable air under Article 21.