New Delhi, Nov 06: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking urgent judicial intervention in the “nationwide public health emergency” caused by escalating air pollution across India.

The petition, filed by wellness advocate and Fit India Movement champion Luke Christopher Countinho, said that despite a dense statutory framework and repeated policy announcements, air quality in both rural and urban regions continues to remain “consistently poor, dangerous, and violative of the fundamental right to life”.

“The situation has reached a point where over 1.4 billion citizens are compelled to inhale toxic air every single day — a direct infringement of Article 21,” the plea added.

The writ petition highlighted that annual averages of PM2.5 and PM10 in

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