The Supreme Court heard the ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR on Thursday (March 3, 2025). Amicus Curie told the court that pollution has reduced by 30 % due to ban on firecrackers. On this, the people who filed the application started claiming that the air is purified by the sulfur of firecrackers. The judge reprimanded him on this matter and said that you are a bigger expert.
The Supreme Court has upheld the ban on burning firecrackers in Delhi NCR. The court has also refused to relax the production, storage and sale of firecrackers. The court says that the level of air pollution in Delhi was in a worrying situation for a long time.
The bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing on the case. Amicus Curie told the bench that the air quality of Delhi NCR improved by banning firecrackers and pollution has reduced by 30 %. At the same time, a person filing the application claimed that firecrackers are being banned at the behest of foreign agencies. The sulfur present in firecrackers helps to purify the air.
The judges expressed surprise at this argument of the petitioner and said, ‘Are you bigger experts than Neeri? Come on 2 o’clock, we will hear you for some time too. After this, the court postponed the hearing till 2 pm. The application filed, accused MC Mehta, the chief petitioner in the pollution case and also accused people of other organizations of eating donations from anti -India foreign institutions. The judges dismissed the application and said that this is your first such act, so we are not imposing a fine.
(With input from Nipun Sehgal)
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