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New Delhi: In a significant intervention, the Supreme Court of India has urged the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to examine calling off or rescheduling school sports events slated for November–December across the Delhi–NCR region, citing grave health risks due to hazardous air quality.

A bench led by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran made the request after being informed that several schools were planning outdoor athletic meets right in the middle of the region’s peak pollution phase. According to senior advocate Aparajita Singh, appearing as amicus curiae, conducting strenuous outdoor activities for children under such polluted conditions “is like putting them in gas chambers”.

The court h

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