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CJI acknowledges air ‘really bad’ in Capital
Hindustan Times Jammu
|November 27, 2025
Delhi-NCR’s choking air overshadowed multiple proceedings in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and several senior lawyers repeatedly flagging the deteriorating air quality that has begun affecting basic functioning inside the courtroom.
People out on a morning walk at the India Gate as a thick layer of polluted air engulfs the area, in Delhi on Wednesday.
(ARVIND YADAV/HT PHOTO)
During the hearing of a plea seeking safeguards for poor and EWS-category students missing out on education due to online classes during pollution emergencies, the bench headed by CJI Kant and also comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked that the air in Delhi had become “really bad”. Justice Kant shared that after his evening walk on Tuesday, he “had problems regaining health since morning”, underscoring the human toll of the escalating pollution situation.
This story is from the November 27, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Jammu.
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