A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to curb rising air pollution levels across India.

The PIL, filed by one Luke Christopher Countinho (wellness champion for Prime Minister of India's, Fit India Movement), says that air pollution levels in the country have assumed proportions of a “public health emergency” , severely impacting citizens in both rural and urban areas.

The petitioner avers that despite a thorough policy framework, the ambient air quality in large parts of rural and urban India remains consistently poor and, in many instances, has worsened. He seeks directions to the respondent-authorities to control and reduce air pollution, invoking right to life and health under Article 21 of the Constitution.

The petition highlights that the an

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