Air pollution: Apex court favours suspension of firecracker licences

Delhi | Saturday | 12th November, 2016

Summary:

The bench said it would not pass any final order without going into research and reports on its impact on air quality, health and lifestyle. “If we ban firecrackers, then every cracker burst would be a breach of our order. Impact on lifestyleIt said it was considering passing an order that no new licence would be granted and existing licences not renewed, or could direct the Centre to pass an order suspending the existing licences in Delhi-NCR. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T.

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Thakur said it would go step-by-step on the issue as fireworks had now become a part of life and a reasonable order needed to be passed so that it could be enforced. Any order passed by us will have to be reasonable so that it could be enforced,” the bench, also comprising Justices A.

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Sikri and S.

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