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Huge relief to Sivakasi fireworks makers as SC modifies ban order:
Context
- The Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its ban on the sale of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) as the step was too radical
- The apex court lifted its suspension of valid permanent licenses in the NCR, which included the entire
- National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Haryana
- Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- On November 11, 2016, the Supreme Court had ordered the suspension of all licenses permitting the sale of fireworks within the NCR till further orders.
- It had banned the grant or renewal of firecracker licenses on a slew of petitions seeking a ban on the use of fireworks since the air quality had worsened manifold after Deepavali in 2016.
- The modification is a big relief to Sivakasi fireworks manufacturers, who had challenged the 2016 ban.
- They contended the ban had left 821 fireworks industries and five lakh employees in dire straits.
- The Bench passed directions for regulating temporary licenses.
