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Supreme Court clarifies on time slot for crackers
A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said on the occasion of Gurpurab, which is in November, fireworks shall be allowed for one hour in the morning between 4 am to 5 am and one hour in the evening between 9 pm to 10 pm.
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In its October 23 order, the court had ruled that bursting of firecrackers on Diwali and other festivals would be allowed from 8 pm to 10 pm.
The bench said with regard to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and other southern states, the court had already passed the order on October 30, by which it had granted liberty to the authorities of the states concerned to change the timings for bursting of firecrackers, but the duration should not exceed two hours a day. The court highlighted that its pan-India directions pertains to community fire cracking, two hours duration for bursting of crackers, and public awareness campaign.
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