Can’t fix places to burst firecrackers: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to impose a complete ban on bursting of firecrackers during Diwali. The bench was hearing a writ petition filed by three toddlers, Arjun Gopal, Aaray Bhandari and Zoya Rao Bhasin, seeking a ban on crackers as they cause air pollution.

The CJI told the counsel that there is already a judgement passed in 2005 wherein all aspects had been taken into consideration while imposing the ban between 10 pm and 6 am.

The CJI said, “If a citizen wants to burst crackers in his house saying it is his right, can we say that you don’t do it? How can we say that all those who want to burst crackers should go to Nehru Maidan? We can’t be passing such orders.”