US EditionSupreme Court Says Firecracker Ban Cannot only Apply to ‘Elite’ Delhi NCR Citizens, Policy Must Be Pan
The Supreme Court emphasized a nationwide ban on firecrackers to protect public health, highlighting that pollution affects vulnerable populations without access to air purifiers.
- The Supreme Court on September 12, 2025, addressed a plea challenging the complete ban on sale, manufacture, and storage of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR imposed in April 2025.
- The court cited air pollution as a national issue, questioning why only Delhi's elite citizens receive protection while other cities remain unprotected.
- Senior Advocate Aparajita Singh, serving as amicus curiae, explained that pollution severely affects daily wage laborers and poor citizens who cannot escape or shield themselves.
- The bench instructed the authorities to continue enforcing the current ban, asked the relevant air quality regulatory body to provide a report on Delhi’s pollution levels prepared in collaboration with NEERI, and deferred further proceedings.
- The Supreme Court emphasized that if banning firecrackers is justified, the policy must apply nationwide to ensure equal right to clean air for all citizens.
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Why only Delhi and not the rest of India: SC says policy on firecracker ban should be applicable pan-India - The Statesman
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai said that citizens across the country are entitled to a clean air and that any ban on firecrackers should be applicable pan-India.
‘If crackers have to be banned for pollution, why just in Delhi? do it nationwide,’ says SC
CJI B R Gavai, hearing an application by a group of firecracker manufacturers from Haryana, said that it will also have to consider the interests of the poor working in the firecracker industry.
SC calls for pan-India firecracker ban: 'Can't have policy just for Delhi because they are elite'
The Supreme Court on Friday observed that a policy to curb pollution cannot exist just for Delhi, just because they are the elite citizens of the country. The apex court said this while hearing a plea against its April 3 order that banned the sale, storage, transportation and manufacture of fire crackers in Delhi-NCR region. Policy to curb should be at pan-India level: CJI During the hearing of the matter, Chief Justice BR Gavai said if the cit…
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