{"id":226076,"date":"2021-10-28T18:22:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=226076"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:39:16","slug":"diwali-crackers-supreme-court-expresses-strong-displeasure-at-centre-states-for-allowing-sale-of-non-green-crackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/supreme-court-news\/diwali-crackers-supreme-court-expresses-strong-displeasure-at-centre-states-for-allowing-sale-of-non-green-crackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali crackers: Supreme Court expresses strong displeasure at Centre, states for allowing sale of non-green crackers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Supreme Court<\/a> today expressed strong displeasure at the Central and State Governments on the open sale of crackers and observed that governments cannot play with the rights and health of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Division Bench of Justices M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna is hearing a plea in the firecrackers case, where it has sought reply from firecracker manufacturers on a CBI enquiry report claiming manufacturers were using banned barium chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Court asked the government why the factories making ordinary firecrackers are not being closed? How are the law enforcement agencies in our country, which know everything, don’t do anything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The court said that what is the condition of implementing the order of the court in this country? Everybody knows. What message goes when the Supreme Court<\/a> order is not implemented, the Bench said, observing they are sitting to protect the rights of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Green crackers were allowed but crackers containing harmful chemicals are also available in the market. The Central and State agencies should strictly follow the order. They cannot play with the life values of citizens, the Court said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Shah clarified that the order to ban firecrackers was given in the larger public interest. It should not be seen as such that the Court had banned firecrackers for a particular festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are not against any particular community. We just want to give this message that we want to protect the fundamental rights of the people. We are not against any festival, but playing with the lives of people under the guise of celebrating the festival cannot be allowed,\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n -Justice Shah said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n