Firecracker Ban Case : Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Hearing
Live LawThe Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing of an application alleging violation of the order dated February 10, 2017 banning the use of certain chemicals that were dangerous & beyond safety limits in the fireworks by the manufacturers. The Court earlier had expressed strong reservations to the fact that the preliminary enquiry report submitted by the Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation at Chennai had divulged that six firecracker manufacturers based in Tamil Nadu had been using barium and barium salts in the making of firecrackers in express violation of the ban imposed by the Court on the use of such chemicals. Accordingly on October 6 the Bench had taken on record the counter-affidavits filed by the respondents- manufacturers M/s Standard Fireworks, M/s Hindustan Fireworks, M/s Vinayaga Fireworks Industries, M/s Shree Mariamman Fireworks, M/s Shree Suryakala Fireworks and M/s Selva Vinayagar Fireworks. Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan appearing for the petitioner had also submitted an additional affidavit before the Court on the basis of the preliminary enquiry report of the CBI.