Supreme Court weighs in favour of conditional relaxation on next-gen joined green crackers ahead of festive season
The Centre tells the court the CSIR-NEERI’s report on ‘new generation joined firecrackers’ finds they are different from conventional firecrackers in shell/tube size, formulation, bursting duration, and frequency of bursting, with corresponding reductions in noise, particulate emissions, and solid waste generation
· 9/30/2026, 10:57:44 AM· 2 min read

The Centre tells the court the CSIR-NEERI’s report on ‘new generation joined firecrackers’ finds they are different from conventional firecrackers in shell/tube size, formulation, bursting duration, and frequency of bursting, with corresponding reductions in noise, particulate emissions, and solid waste generation
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