Master Stroke Full(23.10.18): SC puts new restrictions on burning crackers

People in the country can burst firecrackers from 8 PM to 10 PM only on Diwali and other festivals, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, allowing manufacture and sale of just the "green crackers" which have low emission of light, sound and harmful chemicals.
The top court carved out an exception for the Christmas and the New Year eve saying that crackers for these occasions would be burst between 11.55 PM and 12.30 AM, since these celebrations start at midnight.
It also banned the manufacture, sale and use of joined firecrackers (series crackers or laris) saying that they cause "huge air, noise and solid waste problems".