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SC verdict on firecrackers on Tuesday
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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Oct, 2018
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on the plea for a
ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of firecrackers across the
country.
A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan
said although the matter was mentioned in Monday's (today's) list they
would be pronouncing the judgment on October 23.
The top court
had on August 28 reserved its order on the plea for a countrywide ban on
firecrackers to curb the deteriorating air pollution.
The court
had reserved its order after hearing the petitioners, firecrackers
manufacturers, the Centre and the Central Pollution Control Board
(CPCB).
The bench had earlier said that there was a need to
strike a balance between the right to health and the right to carry on a
trade or profession.
It had also said that there was a
fundamental right to livelihood of firecrackers manufacturers as well as
the fundamental right to health of 130 crore citizens of the country.
The
firecracker manufacturers had told the apex court that crackers were
not the sole cause of rising pollution during Diwali. It was one of the
contributing factors and that an entire industry could not be shut down
on this count.
The manufacturers had contended that pollution had
reached very high levels not due to the bursting of the firecrackers
alone but also on account of vehicular pollution, construction dust and
stubble-burning.
"The question is whether an entire industry can
be shut down citing air pollution while other industries are allowed to
continue," the five firecrackers manufacturers had contended.
During
the hearing the court had expressed concern over the growing
respiratory problems among children due to air pollution and said it
would decide whether there has to be a complete ban or reasonable curbs
on bursting of firecrackers.
The bench had cited a report that said 20-25 per cent children suffer from respiratory diseases.
One
of the pleas filed by a child, Arjun Gopal, represented by lawyer Gopal
Shankarnarayan, sought a ban on possession of firecrackers in the
National Capital Region as it was contributing to an already alarming
level of air pollution in the area.
In 2017, the apex court had prohibited the sale of firecrackers in NCR-Delhi during Diwali.
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