On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking the setting up of a permanent expert committee at the district level for assessment of pollution.

“Do you think pollution is going to end if we have committees all over districts across the country,” a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.

The bench also comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that it was purely a policy matter.

When the top court expressed disinclination to entertain the matter, the counsel for the petitioner withdrew the PIL and the matter was dismissed as withdrawn.