Fact Check: Diwali 2023 False Claim Viral Supreme Court banning firecrackers in India is misleading

The post that went viral claiming a complete ban on firecrackers in the country is misleading. While hearing a petition on November 7, the Supreme Court clarified that its earlier order banning firecrackers made using barium and other banned chemicals did not apply only to Delhi-NCR but applied to the entire country. This order of the court came on the basis of a petition seeking directions to the Rajasthan government to follow the Supreme Court’s order. In the 2021 judgment, the Supreme Court did not impose any ban on green firecrackers and in the latest judgment, the Supreme Court did not make any changes in this order.

New Delhi (Vishvas News). Following the court’s ruling on the petition filed in the Supreme Court seeking a nationwide ban on firecrackers, viral posts on social media claimed that the country’s Supreme Court had ordered a nationwide ban on firecrackers. On various social media platforms, users are sharing it as a solution to ban firecrackers across the country ahead of Diwali.

Vishvas News in its investigation found this claim to be misleading. In its recent judgment, the Supreme Court reiterated the earlier instructions and made it clear that the earlier judgment (ban on firecrackers made of barium and other banned chemicals) is not applicable only to Delhi-NCR but is countrywide. In the Supreme Court’s earlier decision, there was no ban on all types of firecrackers. The court clarified in its order that low emission (enhanced crackers) and green crackers can be manufactured and sold. The Supreme Court reiterated this old order in its recent order. It is therefore misleading to claim that the Supreme Court has banned firecrackers altogether.

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What is viral?

social media user “Nationalist Revolution” published (archive Connection) and wrote: “Supreme Court bans firecrackers across India.”

many other users Share these posts with similar and similar claims.

***Screenshot of a viral social media post with a misleading claim***

an investigation

Many of these when searching by keyword Report Found, which mentions the recent decision of the Supreme Court. The report, dated November 7, 2023, was found on the legal affairs website Live Law. According to this, “On Tuesday (11/07/2023), the Supreme Court clarified that the earlier judgment banning the use of barium and other banned chemicals in firecrackers was not applicable only in the Delhi-NCR region but was applicable to the entire country. “

Report dated November 7, 2023, published on the Live Law website.

This decision is also mentioned in many other news. of awakening Report According to “The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the order to ban barium-containing firecrackers is not limited to Delhi-NCR, it is mandatory for every state. This clarification from the apex court will have an impact across the country, which banned traditional firecrackers in 2018 to prevent air and noise pollution. When the court was told that air quality in the national capital was affected due to stubble burning in states adjacent to Delhi, the court also directed the Meteorological Department to file a reply on stubble burning.

At the same time, November 7 on NDTV Report According to, “The Supreme Court said that the 2021 order allowing the use of green firecrackers is applicable not only to Delhi-NCR but to the entire country.”

According to reports, the Supreme Court was hearing a case seeking a direction to the Rajasthan government to ban firecrackers made from barium salt and other polluting chemicals. Hearing this, the court clarified that the bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundaresan made it clear that there was no need for fresh directions. The court said that the Supreme Court’s judgment is applicable to the entire country.

It should be noted that in 2021, the Supreme Court said that firecrackers are not completely banned, only those in which barium is used are banned. from 2021 decisions According to “The manufacture and sale of only low-emission (enhanced crackers) and green crackers or crackers (referred to in Proposal II and Proposal III) will be permitted.”

***The 2021 Supreme Court judgment that did not impose a ban on green crackers.***

Vishvas News contacted Supreme Court advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha regarding this. Jha is defending a petition filed in one such case. He said: “The Supreme Court has not ruled on a complete ban on firecrackers. “The Supreme Court has not imposed a ban on green crackers.” He said while hearing the recent petition, the Supreme Court somehow reiterated its 2021 judgment and said that the earlier judgment was not applicable only to Delhi-NCR , but it is applicable to the whole country.

those who share the viral post user About 10 thousand people follow him.

Conclusion: The post going viral claiming total ban on firecrackers in the country is misleading. While hearing a petition on November 7, the Supreme Court clarified that its earlier decision banning firecrackers made using barium and other banned chemicals did not apply to Delhi-NCR alone but applied to the entire country. This order of the court came on the basis of a petition seeking a direction to the Rajasthan government to implement the Supreme Court’s order. In the 2021 judgment, the Supreme Court did not impose any ban on green firecrackers and in the latest judgment, the Supreme Court did not make any changes in this order.