Supreme Court rejects pleas to include barium, allow joint firecrackers in Delhi
The Hindu
SC rejects pleas to include barium in firecrackers, orders Delhi Police to regulate violations of ban. The court noted that filing cases against persons bursting crackers may not be the solution and urged authorities to find source of firecrackers and stop it. Police statistics showed 926 cases registered for sale/storage and 3120 for bursting.
The Supreme Court on Friday, September 22, 2023 rejected pleas to include barium as an ingredient in fireworks while retaining the prohibition on the sale and bursting of joint crackers.
A Bench of Justices A.S. Bopanna and M.M. Sundresh told the authorities and the Delhi Police to regulate violations of the ban on firecrackers in the national capital.
Justice Bopanna, who read out the order, signed off by wishing the parties a hearty “Happy Diwali”.
When the court had reserved the case for order, the Bench had said that filing cases against persons bursting crackers during festivals like Diwali may not be the solution against the dangers fireworks pose to health and environment.
“Cases against persons bursting firecrackers may not be the solution. You will have to find the source from where it (firecrackers) are coming and stop that,” Justice Bopanna had addressed the Delhi Police.
The court was reacting to a report submitted by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, for the Delhi Police, on the number of cases registered against sale, storage and burstk g of crackers and number of persons arrested, etc.
The police statistics presented in the apex court shows that from 2016 to August 31, 2023, 926 cases were registered for sale and storage of firecrackers and 3120 cases filed for bursting crackers.
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