New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rued that some sections of the media have portrayed it as a “villain” which wants to close down schools in Delhi, saying the court’s words have been twisted.Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana made these observations while hearing the plea seeking emergency measures to curb air pollution in Delhi. The court directed the Union government and the states in the National Capital Region (NCR) to implement the orders of the panel on air quality management to curb air pollution.A special bench headed by CJI Ramana and also comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant at the outset referred to certain news reports and said a message “intentionally or unintentionally” been sent that the court is the “villain” and it is ordering the closure of schools.“One thing which we observed is, whether intentional or unintentional… some sections of the media portray us that we are the villains who want to close down the schools. That’s unfortunate,” the chief justice said.Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi government, referred to a news report and said that one English newspaper reported that the apex court threatened to take over the administration.“You (Delhi government) can condemn all of this, but where do we go? Where did we say that we will take up an administrative role. We cannot interfere with the freedom of speech and expression and a political party can hold a press conference but we cannot do so,” the bench said.According to LiveLaw, the CJI clarified that the court never directed the Delhi government to close schools and the decision was taken by the government itself.“We never suggested, you took a decision and promised us that you will do that. You had said you were closing schools and offices etc. And see today’s newspapers!” CJI Ramana said.Singhvi said that one newspaper had reported that the Supreme Court intended to take over administration from the Delhi government.To this, the CJI said, “Freedom of [the] press, we can’t take away, we can’t say anything. They can twist, can write anything, they can pick up anything. You can have a press conference and say something. We can’t.”According to LiveLaw, Justice Chandrachud spoke about another instance where he felt the court’s words were twister. He said while hearing a matter relating to judicial infrastructure, the bench had suggested that the Union government should consider setting up a national body so that high courts don’t have to depend on state governments for funds. “However the same was reported with a headline that Supreme Court has said that high court has to go with begging bowl to state governments,” the judge said.Singhvi added that court reporting is different from political reporting and “fair reporting is part of the responsibility”.“Problem is after virtual hearing, there’s no control. Who’s reporting nobody knows”, the CJI said, according to LiveLaw.But he added, “What we meant is, this is part of life. We’ve to take it like that.”Takes notes of measures During the hearing, the bench took note of measures taken by the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas on Thursday and asked the Union government, Delhi and other states to follow the directions.In an affidavit, the commission told the bench that a five-member enforcement task force has been set up to contain air pollution in Delhi and NCR. Forty such squads would monitor the implementation of measures suggested by it to deal with pollution, the panel said.Seventeen flying squads have been constituted to ensure the implementation of various measures mandated by the court and the panel. The number would be raised to 40 within 24 hours, the affidavit said,The ban on entry of trucks, excluding those carrying essential goods and those running on cleaner fuel, will continue, it saidTaking a note of the measures, the bench ordered, “We have perused affidavit by Centre and the Delhi government. We have taken into consideration the directions proposed. We direct the Centre and the government of National Capital Territory to implement the orders of December 2 and we keep the matter pending and will hear it on next Friday.”The court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to approach the commission on air quality management with its grievance against the direction that the industries, which was not running on cleaner fuel in NCR, will be allowed to operate for eight hours a day only.Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for Uttar Pradesh, said sugarcane crushing goes on continuously in this season and the direction will harm farmers.The apex court, on Thursday, said nothing was happening on ground to control the deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR and directed the Centre and Delhi government to come out with suggestions to control the pollution within 24 hours.It was hearing a plea filed by environmental activist Aditya Dubey and law student Aman Banka, who sought directions to provide stubble-removing machines to small and marginal farmers for free.