“We want all the orders to be placed on record banning the sale, manufacture and bursting of firecrackers in Delhi
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Taking a strong exception to Delhi’s high pollution levels during Diwali, the Supreme Court on Monday sought to know from the Delhi government and the Delhi Police Commissioner about the steps taken to implement the firecracker ban.
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“We want all the orders to be placed on record banning the sale, manufacture and bursting of firecrackers in Delhi. We are also issuing notice to the Delhi police commissioner on the action police has taken against the violators and the steps it is taking to implement the orders of the court,” a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said. The responses will have to be filed within a week.
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