The Supreme Court on Friday (September 12, 2025) orally observed that the ban on firecrackers should not be confined to the national capital of Delhi, but people across the country have a right to pollution-free air.
“Therefore a policy should be crafted for the entire country. If firecrackers have to be banned, it has to be done for the entire country… Also the poor who are dependent on this industry have to be looked into,” Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai observed.
The hearing heralds the approach of winter and festive occasions like Deepavali.
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Chief Justice Gavai asked why citizens residing in other parts of the country and cities should not be accorded the same relief from air pollution as the “elite” of the national capital city.
