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.
The Supreme Court of India upheld the ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR due to persistent high air pollution levels. Emphasizing the right to health under Article 21 of the Constitution, the court stated that alternatives like “green crackers” must prove minimal pollution before reconsideration. It recognized the severe pollution crisis as an extraordinary situation warranting the ban.
