New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas has cited noxious air and asked the Supreme Court to review its August 12 direction for no coercive action against those driving 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles in Delhi. The court in August effectively stayed the implementation of its October 2018 order, which affirmed a 2014 National Green Tribunal (NGT) judgment seeking to keep polluting vehicles off the roads to combat the noxious air. In its latest report to the court, the CAQM analysed the pollution load of vehicles with BS-III standards and below, compared with BS-VI. The CAQM recommended that the court review its order exempting BS-III and below vehicles from the relief granted on August 12. "For controlling vehicular emissions, BS-III and below standard vehicles are required to be kept out of purview of the order, dated August 12, 2025, of the Supreme Court, considering the emission potential of these vehicles in comparison to BS-VI emission standards." The panel said such short-term measures are essential in the wake of the consistently poor air quality in the winter months....