Calcutta High Court bans sale and use of firecrackers

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a ban on the sale and use of firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali, Chhath Puja and other festivals to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A division bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Justice Aniruddha Roy directed the police to initiate legal action against any person found violating the ban and confiscated firecrackers.

The order supersedes a recent notification of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board that had allowed ‘green’ crackers to be burst for a limited time on Diwali and Kali Puja.

The High Court bench passed the order on a petition seeking a ban on fireworks. The court had also banned firecrackers in 2020.

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