Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against High Court Order Banning Crackers In Bengal
NDTV
The Supreme Court on October 29 said celebration cannot be at cost of others'health and clarified that while there is no total ban on the use of firecrackers, fireworks which contain Barium salts are prohibited.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea against the Calcutta High Court order banning the sale, purchase and use of all firecrackers in the state during Kali Puja, Diwali celebrations and some other festivities this year to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A special bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi would hear the plea which has claimed that the October 29 order passed by the high court was "patently erroneous" in holding a complete ban on firecrackers within West Bengal when the Supreme Court has allowed the use of green firecrackers in permissible limit across all states.
"The high court failed to appreciate that green crackers with reduced emission by a minimum of 30 percent have been introduced in the local market. These are environment friendly," said the plea filed by the chairman of a West Bengal-based firecracker association and another such group.
The petitioners have said that they represent the interest of about seven lakh families who are involved in the process of manufacture and sale of fireworks and are involved in the fireworks industry in one manner or another.
