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'Everything is available': SC flags open sale of firecrackers in Delhi despite restrictions

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

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The bench instructed Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to review reports detailing the widespread availability of unauthorized pyrotechnics lacking mandatory verification markings. Existing judicial orders restrict the manufacture and distribution exclusively to green firecrackers certified by CSIR-NEERI and PESO. The regulations also enforce strict limitations on usage hours across two specific days before a total prohibition is restored starting November 9.

Key points

  • All legally authorized firecrackers must display a product-specific QR code to verify env…: All legally authorized firecrackers must display a product-specific QR code to verify environmental safety compliance.
  • The Supreme Court has restricted permitted sales strictly to designated physical venues w…: The Supreme Court has restricted permitted sales strictly to designated physical venues while entirely prohibiting all online transactions.
  • A comprehensive ban on all firecracker usage will be reinstated across the region beginni…: A comprehensive ban on all firecracker usage will be reinstated across the region beginning November 9.

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The judge also referred to the report's claims that licensed and unlicensed crackers, including those with and without QR codes, were being sold openly.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday flagged the alleged open sale of conventional and uncertified firecrackers in Delhi markets despite its recent order allowing only certified green crackers ahead of Diwali.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale referred to a media report published on Tuesday, which highlighted the availability of different varieties of firecrackers in several markets across the national capital, according to Bar and Bench.The bench asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to look into the alleged violations."In today's report, there's a photograph, they say that notwithstanding yesterday's order, now everything is available in the (firecracker) shops. Please look into it," Justice Sundresh told Bhati.The judge also referred to the report's claims that licensed and unlicensed crackers, including those with and without QR codes, were being sold openly."They say that in the market every other cracker, licensed, unlicensed, QR code, or no QR code, everything is available. Please take a note…

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