The Supreme Court on Wednesday urged the Commission for Air Quality Management to consider directing schools in Delhi and the broader National Capital Region to shift sports activities scheduled in November and December to “safer and less susceptible months,” Live Law reported.

During the hearing, amicus curiae Aparajita Singh highlighted that children were among the most vulnerable to pollution, and that “holding sports now is like putting them in gas chambers,” Live Law reported.

An amicus curiae is a person that is not a party to the case but provides advice or information to the court.

The court on Wednesday ordered that matters pertaining to air pollution in the capital be heard on a monthly basis , so as to monitor the measures being taken by the authorities, Bar and Be

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