Delhi govt imposes 'perpetual ban' on firecrackers in cityThe Delhi government has issued a permanent ban on all firecrackers, encompassing manufacturing, sale, and use, including online sales. Thi...
19 Dec, 2024, 10.06 PM IST
No religion promotes pollution: Apex CourtThe Supreme Court criticized the Delhi Police for their inadequate response to the violation of the firecracker ban in the capital. The cou...
12 Nov, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
Supreme Court to Delhi: How was ban on firecrackers openly flouted?The Supreme Court has criticised the Delhi government for its failure to enforce the firecracker ban during Diwali, leading to severe air p...
05 Nov, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
SC pulls up Delhi govt for 'hardly implementing' firecracker banThe Supreme Court has expressed concerns over Delhi's failure to enforce a ban on firecrackers, citing widespread media coverage. The court...
04 Nov, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
Delhi Pollution Control Committee orders complete ban on firecrackers till next yearDelhi has banned firecrackers until January 1, 2025, due to increasing pollution. Air quality recently dropped to 'poor'. The government is...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
Delhi govt bans production, sale of firecrackers till Jan 1The Delhi government has banned the production, sale, and use of firecrackers in the national capital to control air pollution during the w...
09 Sep, 2024, 04.28 PM IST
SC rejects plea on manufacturing, use of firecrackers containing bariumThe Supreme Court has rejected a plea to allow the manufacture and use of firecrackers containing barium. The court upheld the Delhi govern...
22 Sep, 2023, 02.11 PM IST
Delhi bans manufacturing, storage, sales and use of firecrackersDelhi government on Monday banned sales, storage and use of firecrackers in the city. The ban can be attributed to government's plan of act...
11 Sep, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
SC declines urgent hearing on plea to ban firecrackersThe Supreme Court on Friday refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea relating to ban on firecrackers, saying Diwali is round the corner a...
15 Oct, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
Plea filed before Delhi High Court against absolute firecracker banThe high court, which was hearing the petition by sellers who seek to "purchase, sell and store only green cracker," posted the matter for ...
21 Sep, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
Plea mentioned in HC for urgent hearing against Delhi govt's complete ban on sale, use of firecrackersThe advocate however urged the bench to hear it either on Friday itself or Saturday on the grounds that otherwise the plea would become inf...
29 Oct, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Diwali gone up in smoke, say traders facing huge losses after firecracker ban"Police have stopped us from opening the shops we had stocked with hundreds of kilograms of firecrackers. This is a seasonal item and will ...
10 Nov, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
NGT clamps down on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, bans their sale & use as pollution levels deteriorateThe ban will come into effect from midnight of Nov 9 and will last until midnight of Nov 30.
09 Nov, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
Cracker ban: CAIT demands compensation for traders' lossesCAIT in a statement demanded that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and chief ministers of other states should "compensate the firecrack...
08 Nov, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
Sale of firecrackers other than green crackers banned in Delhi-NCR: SCA bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said firecrackers already produced can be sold in this festival season only in other parts ...
31 Oct, 2018, 03.33 PM IST
Supreme Court reserves verdict on plea to restore ban on firecracker saleThe CPCB backed the plea before a bench headed by Justice AK Sikri and said the Nov 11, 2016, order should be restored and the use of firec...
06 Oct, 2017, 05.07 PM IST
SC to hear tomorrow plea to restore ban on firecrackers in NCRThe petitioner has sought restoration of the November 11, 2016 order of the apex court which had suspended all licences that permit sale of...
05 Oct, 2017, 07.41 PM IST