Taking a robust exception to Delhi’s excessive air pollution ranges throughout Diwali, the Supreme Court docket on Monday sought to know from the Delhi authorities and the Delhi police commissioner concerning the steps taken to implement the firecracker ban.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih referred to newspaper reviews mentioning a substantial violation of court docket orders.
The apex court docket due to this fact sought to know the measures undertaken by the Delhi authorities and the Delhi police in implementing the ban and the motion taken towards violators.
“We wish all of the orders to be positioned on file banning the sale, manufacture and bursting of firecrackers in Delhi. We’re additionally issuing discover to the Delhi police commissioner on the motion police has taken towards the violators and the steps it’s taking to implement the orders of the court docket,” the bench mentioned.
The responses should be filed inside every week.
Referring to a report of the Centre for Science and Setting, the highest court docket famous it was evident that Diwali in 2024 was hotter than in the previous few years, 2022 and 2023.
The bench additional requested the Punjab and Haryana governments to file their responses by November 14 on the rise in farm fires and stubble burning incidents over the last 10 days in October.
“Some strict motion is required for these violating firecrackers ban like sealing of their premises,” mentioned the bench, including that it will “do one thing” so as to guarantee court docket orders on the firecracker ban weren’t violated throughout Diwali, 2025.
