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Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, November 13The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Government on a PIL challenging its decision to enforce the odd-even road rationing scheme in the national capital. A Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra asked the Centre, Government of Delhi and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to provide Air Quality Index (AQI) data for the period when odd-even scheme remained in force. “Odd-even is nothing but a political gimmick for self-promotion and advertisements in the smoke screen of curbing pollution,” petitioner Sanjiv Kumar had alleged. Why are you stopping cars which are less polluting?” a Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta had asked the Delhi Government counsel. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi asked the Centre to submit a report on it by December 3..