New Delhi: SC Rejects Plea to Lift Firecracker Ban, Cites 'Dangerous' Pollution Levels. In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has refused to lift the ban on the manufacture, sale, and storage of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, stating that the region's air pollution has remained at dangerously high levels for too long.
A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan emphasized that street vendors and laborers suffer the most from pollution, as they cannot afford air purifiers at home or workplaces.
