"The existing respondent associations due to their internal policies, are not able to bring certain vital information to the kind attention...

Under the guise of celebration, nobody can be permitted to infringe the right to health of others, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Const...

“Under the guise of enjoyment you (manufacturers) cannot play with lives of citizens. We are not against particular community. We want to s...

Celebration does not mean use of loud crackers, it can also be with "Fuljhaddi" and the like which are not noisy, SC said.

The apex court had earlier refused to impose complete ban on sale of firecrackers and said that sale can happen through only licensed trade...

People dependent on this industry hope that the national capital territory government would reconsider its decision, keeping fingers crosse...

The minister launched an "anti-cracker" campaign and inspected various places to ensure that only "green" firecrackers are manufactured and...

"Only licensed traders can sell firecrackers compliant with PESO prescribed standards. No e-commerce websites can accept any online orders,...

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said firecrackers already produced can be sold in this festival season only in other parts ...

As per the court order, SHOs will be held liable if banned firecrackers are sold in their area.

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan which had reserved its verdict earlier on August 28, said that bursting of crackers on Diwa...

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan which had reserved its verdict on August 28 is to pronounce the judgement.

To this, the bench said the provisions which exists are made from the point of view of safety from firecrackers but these provisions are no...

A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan made the observation while hearing a plea seeking a countrywide ban on use of firec...

The manufacturers said dealers were not paying advances for ordering fireworks in view of the pendency of the petition and this affected th...

The Supreme Court ordered ban on sale of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) nine days before Diwali to keep pollution levels...

A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also observed that "Diwali is celebrated for around five days. In those five days, 10 la...