Firecracker Ban Case : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Till 3 PM Today To Hear West Bengal Govt [LIVE UPDATES]

A vacation bench of the Supreme Court will hear today the petition filed by firecracker manufacturers against the order passed by the Calcutta High Court imposing a total ban of use of firecrackers in the State of West Bengal.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi is hearing the matter..A Division Bench comprising Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Aniruddha Roy of the Calcutta High Court had ordered a a complete ban on the usage and sale of all kinds of firecrackers including green crackers throughout the State of West Bengal during the upcoming festivities. "The State should ensure that there is no use or display or bursting of firecrackers of any type at all during the oncoming Kali Puja, Diwali celebration as well as the following Chatt Puja, Jagadhatri Puja, Guru Nanak's Birthday and/or Christmas/New Year's Eve this year. For such purpose, only wax or oil-based diyas might be used", the High Court had ruled. The High Court had further observed that there is no existing mechanism in place to ascertain whether only "green crackers" as permitted by the Supreme Court are being used and hence had proceeded to ban the use of such green crackers as well. Stay on this page for live-updates from the hearing.

Firecracker Ban Case : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Till 3 PM Today To Hear West Bengal Govt [LIVE UPDATES]

Hearing begins.

A Bench of Justices AM Khanwailkar and Ajay Rastogi will hear the challenge to the Calcutta HC order imposing a blanket ban on the use of firecrackers at 11 am today.

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