Consider regulated timings for firecrackers, Bombay High Court tells Maharashtra government

Mumbai The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to consider the applicability of the Supreme Court’s directions for regulated timings for bursting firecrackers during Deepavali to prevent severe environmental and health hazards in the city.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra/ In a 13-page order, issued after taking suo motu note of the pulling down of a video of actress Dia Mirza on Deepavali by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a Bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale referred to a set of directions issued by the Supreme Court on October 29, 2026 in the context of the high levels of pollution prevailing in the Delhi-NCR region during the festive season.