More than 40 cases have been registered in East and Northeast police districts for alleged violations of the Supreme Court’s ban on bursting firecrackers in Delhi on Diwali, officials said on Monday. The Supreme Court banned the bursting of conventional firecrackers to curb air and sound pollution in 2018.
Last week, the top court said its order banning firecrackers containing barium binds every state and is not just limited to Delhi-NCR, which is reeling under severe air pollution.
“A total of 29 cases under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been registered at various police stations in East District. Further investigation into the cases has been launched,” a senior police official said. Seventeen cases have been registered in the Northeast district.
“We have registered 17 cases under Section 188 of the IPC for violation of directions related to firecrackers,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said.
Since Sunday, four cases each have been registered at Seelampur and Bhajanpura police stations, two each at Nand Nagri, Welcome, Dayalpur, and Jaffrabad, and one at Khajuri Khas.