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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 20) asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to consider relaxing firecracker restrictions for the upcoming Diwali season, with specific reference to noise limits. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Sundresh asked the CPCB to explore partial relaxations for certain types of firecrackers. The court remarked, “Please give some exception; we don’t want to rush it up just before Diwali,” as reported by Bar and Bench.

The court was hearing a 2015 case in which it has periodically issued orders restricting firecrackers across Delhi and other northern states affected by winter air pollution between October and January. The top court first imposed a ban on firecrackers in........

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