India, Dec. 4 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that entertaining a petition seeking directions to the Delhi government to curb air pollution would risk creating a "plurality of proceedings", since the Supreme Court is already examining the issue and issuing continuing orders.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela expressed reluctance to proceed with the plea filed by the Greater Kailash Welfare Association after Delhi government counsel Sameer Vashisht submitted that the questions raised were squarely before the Supreme Court. Hearing the matter afresh, he said, would be inappropriate.

"A similar matter is pending before the Supreme Court and the situation in and around Delhi is being monitored ever...