Meanwhile, the Supreme Court said that all emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to deal with air pollution will remain in effect until Monday.

India News Live Updates: SC directs continuance of GRAP 4 measures in Delhi-NCR till December 2 when it would hold further hearing in the case The Supreme Court said all GRAP IV measures except relating to schools will continue to operate till December 2.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said the second report submitted by the court commissioners showed an “abject failure” of authorities in implementing the GRAP IV curbs in letter and spirit.

Stringent restrictions imposed under Grap-4 to tackle the pollution crisis in Delhi-NCR will continue at least till Dec 2, when Supreme Court will take a call on relaxing the measures based on the air quality in the capital.

The Supreme Court extended GRAP 4 measures in Delhi until Monday. The Court directed the CAQM to consider scaling down to GRAP 3 or 2. Schools will continue to operate in hybrid mode, which is an exception to GRAP 4 measures,

The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 28) directed the continuation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage 4 measures in Delhi until Monday, citing severe air quality levels in the national capital.