Consider perpetual ban on firecrackers, SC tells Delhi government as restrictions flouted
The bench asked the administration to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to enforce the ban on firecrackers this year.
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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to consider a perpetual ban on firecrackers, stating that the restriction was hardly implemented in the national capital during the Diwali festivities this year, Bar and Bench reported.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih was hearing a case pertaining to air pollution in the National Capital Region due to firecrackers, stubble burning, waste burning, vehicular emissions and industrial pollution, among other sources, according to Live Law.
On October 14, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee banned the manufacturing, storage, selling and lighting of all types of firecrackers in the national capital till January 1, 2025.
The commission ordered the police to implement the directions and file daily action-taken reports.
Despite this, firecrackers were lit across the city as part of the Diwali festivities. On Friday, the morning after Diwali, Delhi’s air pollution level was nearly 14 times more than the “safe” limit prescribed by the World Health Organization.
“We want Delhi government to immediately respond as to why this has happened,” the bench said on Monday, taking note of reports about Delhi residents flouting the ban.
It added: “We will simultaneously issue notice to the Delhi Police commissioner as to why there is non-compliance. We have to hear this immediately. The real problem is that this is all under the...
