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SC allows south India to burst firecrackers for 2 hours in the morning
October 30, 2018
The Supreme Court Tuesday modified its order fixing a slot of 8 pm to 10
pm for bursting firecrackers on Diwali and said the timing will be
changed in places like Tamil Nadu and Puducherry but not exceed two
hours a day.
A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok
Bhushan also observed that the direction for permitting the use of
green crackers was meant for the Delhi-NCR region and was not pan India.
The apex court was hearing several applications filed by the Tamil
government and firecracker manufacturers seeking modification and
clarification of its October 23 order.
On Monday, the
Tamil Nadu government urged the apex court to allow firecrackers to be
burst on Diwali morning in accordance with religious practices in the
state, besides the already permitted 8 pm to 10 pm period.
The
counsel appearing for firecracker manufacturers told the court that it
was not possible to come up with green crackers this Diwali since there
was no set composition for manufacturing them.
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