NEW DELHI: Balancing the concerns for environment, sentiments of citizens during the festive season and right to livelihood of workers in the firecracker industry, Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily relaxed its complete ban and allowed bursting of only green crackers on two Diwali days, both in the morning and evening. Permitting the sale of NEERI-approved green firecrackers through designated outlets from Oct 19 to Oct 20, a bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran ordered district administrations and police to “ensure that use of firecrackers shall be confined between 6-7am and 8-10pm on the two days i.e. the one before and on Diwali day”. However, SC banned sale of crackers through e-commerce websites and transportation of any kind of crackers from outside into th

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