Air Pollution

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court declared increasing green cover as the most effective remedy for Delhi's air crisis. By forming an expert committee to oversee afforestation, the Court has formally linked ecological restoration to the constitutional right to clean air under Article 21.

The Supreme Court has ordered immediate implementation of Delhi NCR long-term pollution controls, rejecting delays and directing states to submit concrete action plans to address the region’s chronic air quality crisis.

When the Chief Justice of India, presiding over the nation's highest court, publicly urges lawyers to appear virtually, not as a matter of convenience but as an act of self-preservation, the gavel strikes with the sound of a profound failure. This is not a procedural update. It is a surrender. The warning from the Supreme Court in mid-November 2025 that Delhi’s toxic air "could cause permanent damage" is a horrifying admission that the air in the capital of the world's fifth-largest economy...