The Supreme Court has said it will neither impose a complete firecracker ban nor permit unrestricted use, accepted the Centre’s recommendation to allow joint firecrackers with limits on shell number, size and intervals between bursts, deferred the barium question in Generation 2 green crackers to October 15, and left Delhi-NCR to be raised before the CJI-led MC Mehta bench.
In its suo motu case on recent sexual offences in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court has directed Delhi authorities to complete, within four weeks, a police survey of vulnerable locations and an audit of lighting and CCTV, called for detailed status reports on women’s safety mechanisms, and sought an affidavit from the Delhi High Court on fast track and POCSO courts.
