Supreme Court declined to lift the ban on firecrackers and refused to hear the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Manoj Tiwari challenging the blanket ban on firecrackers in Delhi, after noting that let people breathe clean air and spend your money on sweets instead. “Let the people breathe clean air, and spend your money on sweets instead,” the Supreme Court’s bench, headed by Justice M R Shah said, in his order and refused to lift the ban on firecrackers. Lawyer Shashank Shekhar Jha, advocate appearing for Tiwari, had pleaded to the Supreme Court for lifting ban on firecrackers. He urged the Top that the Delhi government’s order on blanket ban on firecrackers is a complete violation. So thereby this Court should pass appropriate order and direction in lifting the ban on firecrackers.
