I wrote about the Supreme Court’s directions on firecrackers here. Some of the Constitutional aspects of the judgment have been discussed here. This is the final post in the series of posts on the Supreme Court’s firecracker ban. Here I will discuss some concerns arising out of the timing of the judgment, and the potential […]
I wrote about the contents of the recent Supreme Court judgment on firecracker here. The partial ban on firecrackers directed by the Supreme Court has polarized opinion. One school of thought believes that a partial ban, in the current conditions of severe air pollution, is inadequate. Another somewhat related criticism of the judgment is about […]
That the winter months will arrive in Delhi with life-threatening amounts of air pollution now seems to have been internalized by the government as a matter of inevitability. As per a recent report, the Delhi Government appears to be confident about having made the right efforts to handle the imminent air pollution this year. This […]
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