New Delhi: Amid Delhi’s air quality remaining at hazardous levels, the Supreme Court on Wednesday urged the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider issuing directions to postpone sports activities in the Delhi-National Capital Region. The apex court recommended rescheduling school and other competitions scheduled for November-December to months with safer air quality, noting that conducting sports during peak pollution could endanger children.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran heard the matter, with Senior Advocate Aparajita Singh, appearing as amicus curiae, emphasising that “children are most vulnerable; holding sports now is like putting them in gas chambers,” referring to planned school sports meets amid the ongoing ai

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