With the Air Quality Index (AQI) hitting very poor or poor categories in many parts of the country, including the national capital, a PIL in the Supreme Court has sought urgent measures to tackle the "persistent and systemic failure" in curbing rising air pollution levels across India.

Filed last month by Luke Christopher Countinho Luke Christopher Coutinho – a holistic health coach and wellness expert – the PIL contended that air pollution levels in India have assumed proportions of a “public health emergency”, severely impacting citizens in both rural and urban areas.

It violated citizens' fundamental right to health – which is a part of right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution; Coutinho urged the top court to declare air pollution a national public health emergenc

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