The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the sale and bursting of green crackers approved by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) from October 18 to October 21, and limited the timings to 6 am to 7 am and 8 pm to 10 pm.

A bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran said it was doing so as a “temporary measure” following what was laid down by the top court in the case of Arjun Gopal vs Union of India in 2018, when it had allowed green crackers.

“The sales shall only be through licensed traders and products that are green crackers manufactured by those who are registered with the NEERI… Any fire crackers seized which are not manufactured by the registered licensed manufacturers shall be immedi

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