Tough restrictions on vehicular movement and construction activities in Delhi will stay for now, the Supreme Court ruled today.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) announced that schools and colleges in Delhi-NCR can resume physical classes, but online learning mus

Without being “satisfied that there is a consistent downward trend of AQI, we cannot permit the Commission to go down to stage 3 or stage 2,” the Supreme Court bench said on GRAP measures.

The Supreme Court emphasized that authorities have not made "earnest efforts" to implement GRAP 4 curbs effectively. The court also took cognizance of worries over restarting physical classes in schools,

The apex court said it will look into easing GRAP-4 measures after the Centre for Air Quality Management (CAQM) claimed that the air quality in Delhi had 'improved' in the last few days.

On the last date of hearing, the Supreme Court had directed that emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) should remain in place in Delhi till it directs otherwise.

Supreme Court says that unless satisfied there is consistent decrease in AQI, it can’t order curbs below GRAP-3 or GRAP-2.

Delhi's air pollution levels remained alarming on Monday, with the capital's 24-hour average AQI reading soaring to 349 from 318 the previous day, even as the Supreme Court slammed the city government

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would consider on November 25 whether or not to ease the antipollution GRAP4 restrictions in DelhiNCR keeping in view the drop in air quality index levels. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih expressed displeasure over the poor implementation of GRAP4 restrictions,

The Supreme Court sought CCTV camera footage from all 13 major entry points to verify whether heavy vehicles had actually been permitted in.