Supreme Court - Daily Orders
M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India on 17 December, 2025
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ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).13029/1985
M.C. MEHTA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
FOR 17.12.2025 ONLY ISSUE REGARDING AIR QUALITY IN DELHI, IA NOs.
319518/2025, 324673/2025 AND 259444/2025 IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985
ARE LISTED; NAME OF THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE
BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST: MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.)
MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. UTTARA BABBAR, SR.
ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. A.D.N. RAO, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.) MS. SHIBANI
GHOSH, ADVOCATE (A.C.) MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE (A.C.)
MR. G.S. MAKKER, MR. AMRISH KUMAR, MR. M.K. MARORIA, MR. SANJAY KR.
VISEN, MR. SUDEEP KUMAR, MR. KARAN SHARMA, MR. SANDEEP KR. JHA, MR.
JYOTI MENDIRATTA, MR. RAHUL KHURANA, MR. VIPUL KUMAR MS. SANA
HASHMI ADVOCATES
Date : 17-12-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI
For Petitioner(s) Applicant-in-person
Petitioner-in-person
For Respondent(s) Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Kamal Kishore, Adv.
Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv.
Signature Not Verified
Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.
Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
Digitally signed by
SATISH KUMAR YADAV
Date: 2025.12.19
18:47:38 IST
Reason:
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Kanu Agarawal, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.
Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv.
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Ms. Pooja Kumari, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Neelakshi Bhadouria, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Dwivedi, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhari, A.S.G.
Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.
Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Udit Dedhiya, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar B, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR
Mr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Neelakshi Bhadouria, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Dwivedi, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Suhasini Sain, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. S. Wasim A Qadri, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Gaurava Yadava, Adv.
Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv.
Mr. Nityanand Mahato, Adv.
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Sah, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Swarup, Adv.
Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mudgal, A.A.G.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR
Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv.
Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv.
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Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.
Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Shrivastava, Adv.
Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.
Ms. Seema Sindhu, Adv.
Ms. Richa Verma, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Nair, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Pinky Anand, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kartikeya Asthana, Adv.
Mr. Samrat Pasriccha, Adv.
Mr. Vipul Kumar, AOR
Mr. Shyel Trehan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Chirayu Jain, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Poddar, Adv.
Ms. Vidhi Jain, Adv.
Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR
Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv.
Ms. Aryama Singh Rajput, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, AOR
Mr.Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Sr Adv/Advocate
General
Mr. Rahul Mehra, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vivek Jain, A.A.G.
Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr.Adv.
Ms. Sana Hashmi, AOR
Mr. Sheezan Hashmi, Adv.
Mr. Kamran Khan, Adv.
Mr. Kushagra, Adv.
Mr. Nav Prakash Singh Teji, Adv.
Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Sr.Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Adv.
Mr. Shankey Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Parimal Rai, Adv.
Mr. Prahalad Balaji, Adv.
Mr. Karan Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Jharna Singh, Adv.
Ms. Simran Gupta, Adv.
Mr. P.K. Jain, AOR
Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
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M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR
Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR
Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR
Mr. G. Prakash, AOR
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR
Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.L., Adv.
Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mr. Shri Narain, AOR
Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR
Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR
Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR
Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR
M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR
Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR
Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR
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Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR
Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv.
Mr. Surya Kant, AOR
Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR
Mr. Abhishek, AOR
Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR
Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR
Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR
M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR
M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR
Mr. Sandeep Narain, Adv.
Ms. Kanak Malik, Adv.
Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR
Mr. Dhananjay Kataria, Adv.
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Rohan Talwar, Adv.
Mr. Naman Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR
Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
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Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR
Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR
Mr. Shiv Vinayak Gupta, Adv.
Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR
Ms. Anushka Rawal, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR
Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.
Ms. Adviteeya, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR
Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv.
Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv.
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv.
Mr. Nilendra P. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sameer Kumar, AOR
Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR
Mr. Anmoldeep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Happy Chaubey, Adv.
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv.
Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv.
Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.
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Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR
Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.
Mrs. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Prakash Dubay, Adv.
Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR
Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR
Mrs. Rajshri Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Amit P Shahi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. H B Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Shashibhushan Nagar, Adv.
Mr. Sumant A Khan, Adv.
Mrs. Sona Khan, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Anbhule, Adv.
Ms. Chanda Trikha, Adv.
Mr. Anjan Datta, Adv.
Mrs. Rekha Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Rishabh Bhardwaj, Adv.
Ms. G. Indira, AOR
Mr. Aakarshan Aditya, AOR
Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR
Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR
Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, AOR
Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, AOR
Mr. Rahul Khurana, AOR
Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jha, AOR
M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR
Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR
Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR
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Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR
Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.
Ms. Neha Das, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Saksena, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv.
Mr. Aravindh S., AOR
Ms. Jyotika Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Meenakshi Chauhan, AOR
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR
Mr. Subhro Sanyal, AOR
Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR
Mr. Prasanna S., AOR
Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR
Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arunabha Ganguli, Adv.
Mr. Rishi Sehgal, AOR
Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR
Ms. Afsha Hakim, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR
Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Standing Counsel, Adv.
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Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Venkat Narayan, Adv.
Mr. Dev Aaryan, Adv.
Ms. Divya Jyoti Singh, AOR
Mr. Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Adv.
Mr. Yoginder Handoo, AOR
Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR
Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv.
Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Kahsyap, Adv.
Mr. Rajinder Pal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abdhesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR
Ms. Mithu Jain, AOR
Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR
Mr. Akhil Anand, AOR
Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv.
Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Katare, Adv.
Ms. Rajnandani Kumari, Adv.
Ms. Minakshi Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Chandan Kumar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR
M/S. Meharia & Company, AOR
Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR
Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR
Mr. Anuj Bhandari, AOR
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G.
Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv.
Ms. Shalini Singh, Adv.
Ms. Awanitika, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
Ms. Sneh Suman, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Prakash, AOR
Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR
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Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR
M/S. Ahmadi Law Offices, AOR
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kr.singh, Adv.
Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR
Ms. Vanya Gupta, AOR
Ms. Kajal Dalal, AOR
Mr. Ashish Pandey, AOR
Ms. Divya Roy, AOR
Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR
Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR
Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
Ms. Neeru Vaid, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Ms. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Santosh Ramdurg, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR
Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Devansh Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Luv Virmani, AOR
Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR
M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR
Mr. Sandeep Narain, Adv.
Ms. Kanak Malik, Adv.
Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR
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Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Adv.
Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Adv.
Mr. Kanishak Saini, Adv.
Ms. Lubna Naaz, AOR
Mr. Parminder Singh Bhullar, AOR
M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Jeetendra Kumar, Adv.
Mr. C. M. Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. L Sivaraman, Adv.
Mr. Ganesh Kamath, Adv.
Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv.
Ms. Komal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Dubey, Adv.
Ms. T. Geetha, Adv.
Mr. Kadam Hans, Adv.
Mr. Syed Anas Uddin, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Ratodia, Adv.
Mr. Prakhar Kumar Vishain, Adv.
Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR
Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR
Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Yash S. Vijay, AOR
Ms. Shaswati Parhi, Adv.
Mr. Shikhar Aggarwal, Adv.
M/S. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR
Miss Kanika Singhal, AOR
Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR
Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR
Mr. Gaurav, AOR
Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR
Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR
Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR
Mr. Vishal Mudgal, Adv.
Mrs. Raj Rani, Adv.
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Mr. Shafiq Khan, Adv.
Ms. Anjani Suri, Adv.
Ms. Lakshmi, Adv.
Ms. Reema Roy, Adv.
Ms. Neelima Bagoria, Adv.
Mr. Amod Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Deependra Kumar Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Banisha Verma, Adv.
Mrs. Sabika Ahmad, Adv.
Mrs. Smerity Rani, Adv.
Ms. Aastha Mehta, Adv.
Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR
Mr. Deepak Singh, Adv.
Ms. Prerana Mohapatra, Adv.
Ms. Priyal Sheth, Adv.
Ms. Prina Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Apoorv Kurup, A.A.G.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR
Mr. Arjun D. Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Pal, Adv.
Mr. Balraj Singh Malik, Adv.
Dr. T R Naval, Adv.
Mr. Ratan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sourabh Sharma, Adv.
Dr. Pratap Singh Nerwal, AOR
Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR
Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR
M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Chitrangda Rashtravara, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
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Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv.
Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.
Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR
Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Ms. Sanjivani Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Shekhawat, Adv.
Ms. Filza Moonis, AOR
Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR
Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR
Ms. Debarati Sadhu, Adv.
Mr. Debarati Sadhu, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr. Ankit Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Paras Bajpai, Adv.
Mr. Amreek Singh, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR
Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv.
Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv.
Mr. Harsh V. Surana, AOR
Mr. Joydip Roy, A.A.G.
Mr. Veer Vikrant Singh, D.A.G.
Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR
Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.
Mrs. Pratima Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arpit Garg, Adv.
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Ms. Sakshi, Adv.
Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, AOR
Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR
Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv.
Mr. Harikesh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Satish Hooda, Adv.
Ms. Swati Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Nitin Prabhakar, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv.
Ms. Palak Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Kishor Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Dr. Aditya Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Boya Kranti Naidu, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Abrar Ahmed Khan, Adv.
Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi , AOR
Mr. Karan Dewan, Adv.
Ms. Aanchal Jain, AOR
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv.
Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.
Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv.
Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR
Ms. Puja Sharma, AOR
Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR
Mr. D.kumanan, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR
Ms. Ishita Jain, AOR
Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR
Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv.
Ms. G. Sushmita, Adv.
Ms. M. Harshini, Adv.
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Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Standing Counsel, Adv.
Mr. Ravinder Kumar Yadav, AOR
Mr. Yashvardhan Shah, Adv.
Ms. Kritika Yadav, Adv.
Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Srishti Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Jasneet Kaur, Adv.
Mr. Sumeet Mishra, Adv.
Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR
Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR
Mr. Anurag Kishore, AOR
Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR
Mr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, AOR
Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR
Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, AOR
Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv.
Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Javed Raza, Adv.
Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Rajhans, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Rajput, Adv.
Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Kumar Solanki, Adv.
Mr. Rashid Khan, Adv.
Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Manisha Chawla, Adv.
Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv.
Ms. Ritika Raj, Adv.
Ms. Rashmi Prava Mohanty, Adv.
Ms. Charanjeet Sidhu, Adv.
Ms. Suchita Kumari, Adv.
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Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Samuel Mathew, Adv.
Mr. Gajendrairn H, Adv.
Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv.
Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Supriya, Adv.
Ms. Rehana Begam, Adv.
Mr. Raghavendra Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR
Mr. Sanyam Jain, Adv.
Mr. P Rohit Ram, Adv.
Ms. Khushboo Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Mishra Divya Santosh, Adv.
Mr. Sameer Shrivastava, AOR
Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR
Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR
Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR
Ms. Purnima Jauhari, AOR
Dr. Brij Bhushan K Jauhari, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal, Adv.
Mr. Satya Vir Singh Rana, Adv.
Ms. Murnal Chawdhery, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Mahan, Adv.
Mr. Nirdosh Bhola Vishen, Adv.
Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR
Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR
Mr. Varun Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kajal S Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR
Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR
Ms. Pritama, Adv.
Ms. Shaivani Gupta, Adv.
Dr. Sunita, Adv.
Mr. Sufyan Hasan, Adv.
Ms. Hema Malik, Adv.
Ms. D Poornima, Adv.
Mr. Bipin Vinayak Chandan, Adv.
Mr. Shantwanu Singh, AOR
Ms. Surabhi Sanchita, AOR
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Mr. Avinash Poddar, Adv.
Mr. Ankit, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Nain, Adv.
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
Mr. Harshal B Kulkarni, Adv.
Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR
Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR
Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR
Ms. Aanchal Kapoor, Adv.
Ms. Alisha Parvin, Adv.
Mr. Ketan Paul, AOR
Mr. Hiren Dasan, AOR
Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, AOR
Mr. Abhishek Saket, Adv.
Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR
Ms. Manisha, Adv.
Ms. Rupali, Adv.
Mr. Niraj Gupta, AOR
Ms. Anshu Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Siddhi Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR
Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR
Mr. Hirday Virdi, Adv.
Mr. Yatinder Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR
Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR
M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mr. S Anand, Adv.
Mr. Sushant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Maheswaran Prabakaran, Adv.
Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR
Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR
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Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR
M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mr. S Anand, Adv.
Mr. Sushant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Maheswaran Prabakaran, Adv.
Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR
Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR
Mr. Varun Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kajal S Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR
Mr. Kawaljit Singh Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Priyanshu Tueriyar, Adv.
Mr. Abdul Qadir Abbasi, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
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IA Nos.319518 and 224673/2025
1. We have heard learned Senior Counsel/counsel appearing in this matter with respect to the directions sought for closure of schools and conducting classes online in light of the dire air pollution in Delhi.
2. During the course of hearing, we are informed that the schools for the children from Nursery to Class-V have been closed temporarily and since the ensuing winter break will start in a week or so, there is no necessity for this Court to intervene in the decision taken by the NCT of Delhi.
3. The desirability of the schools to be closed or to be run on hybrid basis is a question which should perhaps be decided with parental consent and consultation.
4. IAs are, accordingly, disposed of.
19I.A. No.81877/2025
1. Issue notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
2. The assisting counsel of Mr. Sanjiv Sen, learned Senior Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
3. A copy of this IA be supplied to the CAQM to render its opinion.
4. Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is directed to consider, on a priority basis, as to why the nine toll plazas in question be not temporarily suspended till the air quality conditions improve in the NCR territory. Such a decision shall be taken and placed on record within a period of one week.
5. A copy thereof be also communicated to the NHAI and CAQM. I.A. No.259444/2025
1. Issue notice.
2. The assisting counsel of Mr. Sanjiv Sen, learned Senior Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
3. A copy of this IA be also supplied to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to enable the said expert body to render its opinion.
4. We have also impressed upon the NHAI to consider the desirability of shifting the nine toll plaza booths set up by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to such locations which can be manned by NHAI. In this regard, a portion of the toll collected by the NHAI can be diverted to the Municipal Corporation to compensate 20 for the perceived loss during the three-month temporary period amidst which the nine toll plazas are sought to be removed.
5. Since the air pollution crisis has become an annual feature, it seems that a long-term plan needs to be evolved and given effect in a phased manner, albeit at the earliest.
6. The CAQM is requested to re-visit the proposed long term measures so as to address the issues like (i) the rural urban mobility; (ii) cleaner industries and clean energy; (iii) stubble burning and sensitization of farmers to stop such practices and instead utilize crop residue for generating income; (iv) regulation of construction activities and the provision of alternative employment to construction workers during the period when such like activities remain halted; (v) measures to control pollution generated from household activities; (vi) identification of the patches of vacant land which can be utilized within NCR for afforestation purposes to increase green cover; (vii) strengthening of the public transport system; (viii) initiation of a citizen- centric approach encouraging the citizens movement and mass awakening towards voluntary relinquishment of activities which are contributory to air pollution; (ix) coordinated efforts between the NCT of Delhi, the States of U.P., Haryana and Rajasthan; (x) and the constitution of an Administrative Body for enforcing regulatory measures for the entire NCR region.
7. As regards the workers engaged in the construction activities, learned Additional Solicitor General of India shall file a Status Report with details pertaining to payment of the 21 Government’s aid to such workers by the next date of hearing.
8. After hearing Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned Additional Solicitor General of India, para 2 of the order dated 12.08.2025, passed in I.A. No.175079/2025 in W.P.(C) No.13029/1985, is modified to the extent that no coercive steps be taken against the owners of the vehicles of BS-IV and later emission versions on the ground that they are 10 years old (in case of diesel engine) and 15 years old (in case of petrol engine).
9. Post the matter for further hearing on 06.01.2026.
10. All the IAs be placed before the CAQM, which shall take appropriate decisions.
(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (PREETHI T.C.) ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR