Judiciary acted tough on alarming air pollution in 2015

The alarming level of Delhi's air pollution created panic among the people during 2015 prompting the judiciary to act tough to give citizens the right to live in a healthy environment.The judiciary, be it the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, which once described that residing in the national capital was akin to "living in a gas chamber", or the National Green Tribunal (NGT), dealt with these issues with an iron hand and passed a slew of stern directions.Giving a strong message that judiciary would leave no stone unturned to curb the problem, the apex court on December 16 banned the registration of new diesel-run SUVs, high-end private cars with engine capacity of 2000CC and above in Delhi NCR till March 31, 2016.The Supreme Court said that a ban on registration of such high-end vehicles will not affect the common man in Delhi as these SUVs are generally used by more affluent sections of the society.