NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 27, 2001: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice A.S. Anand, Justice R.C. Lahoti and Justice Ashok Bhan, directed that no firecrackers be burst which could produce a noise beyond 125 decibels and that no cracker could be burst except between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm during Diwali and Dussera festivals. Fire crackers are forbidden completely in designated “silent zones.” The Court directed all the states and Union territories to strictly enforce these directions contained in the central government regulations issued on October 5, 1995.
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