The Bombay High Court indicated that it will issue comprehensive prohibitory directions against the indiscriminate ignition of firecrackers across crowded public streets, residential roadways, and pedestrian thoroughfares during upcoming festive seasons. Hearing a batch of public interest petitions concerning ambient air degradation and hazardous noise levels in Mumbai, the division bench emphasized that private celebrations must not endanger community safety.
The judges noted with serious concern that exploding high-decibel pyrotechnics within congested neighborhood alleyways presents severe burn risks to pedestrians, disrupts emergency ambulance passages, and triggers acute respiratory distress among elderly citizens and hospital patients. The court instructed municipal corporations across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to identify open public grounds where community fireworks displays can be conducted under strict civic supervision.
The bench directed local police commissioners and civic ward officers to form mobile vigilance squads to enforce ambient noise limits and penalize illegal street vendor sales of non-green pyrotechnics. Municipal authorities have been granted two weeks to submit spatial demarcation plans for community celebration zones across coastal urban centers.
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Sources:
https://indianexpress.com/archive/2026/09/22/