The Supreme Court on Friday hinted at relaxing the absolute ban on manufacture, storage, sale and bursting of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR during the festive season as it reserved its order on allowing the use of green crackers.

“For the time being, we will permit lifting the ban during Diwali,” said a bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran which had on September 26 said a complete ban was hardly implemented and that an absolute ban was not “practical or ideal”.

The bench reserved its order on applications seeking recall/modification of the April 3 order imposing a year-long blanket ban on firecrackers, including green crackers, in Delhi-NCR during Diwali.

Apart from Delhi, several districts from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan fall under NCR.

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