Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 981 · Decided 11 November 2016
Arjun Gopaland Ors v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 981 · [2016] 11 S.C.R. 812
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 728/2015
- Decided
- 11 November 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, S.A. BOBDE, A.K. SIKRI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India - Parts III, IV and !VA - Right to clean air - Writ petition u!Art.32 seeking emergent reliefs in relation to the extreme air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), owing to use of fireworks especially during festival/marriage release a deadly concoction of fumes into an almost­ still winter air in Delhi, causing extreme air pollution during this time -Ambient air quality during the Diwali period shows that air pollution across the capital has reached record levels and has become intolerable - Severe air
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