Supreme Court has in recent times given judgements what one would call judicial overreach especially when it comes to restrictions on Hindu traditions and practices. The recent ban on crackers on Diwali is no exception, especially when there is no evidence to point to the effect.
The court is infiltrated by a lot of judges and lawyers and guided by NGOs who have a motivated agenda in this matter. On top, we have dumb politicians who continue as enforcers of Muslim /British rule. Some of the villains in this piece are the following:
Judges, Lawyers and NGOs
AK Sikri – The judge, who cited pollution, when claiming that there is no evidence, is the same person who claimed 37 lakhs rupees for air travel. Indeed, he must be reducing his carbon footprint !!! Recently his son was appointed by Congress govt, in their panel.
Indian Social Responsibility Network or ISRN – The plea for banning firecrackers was filed by a little-known NGO known as Indian Social Responsibility Network or ISRN. The members of the governing body include Om Prakash Saklecha, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Santosh Gupta, Lalita Kumarmangalam, Sumeet Bhasin, Ravindra Sathe, Sanjay Chaturvedi, Basant Kumar, Indumati Rao and Mallika Nadda. Saklecha is a BJP MLA from MP, Saharabuddhe is a BJP Rajya Sabha MP and heads the BJP’s think tank named Public Policy Research Centre, Kumarmangalam is a BJP politician and former head of the National Commission for Women, Sumeet Bhasin is the Director of Public Policy Research Centre and was a member of the BJP Social Media Committee for 2019 Lok Sabha elections and Mallika Nadda is the wife of BJP president J P Nadda.
Govt. of India– Page 48 of the document on the SC website, where SC says that it agrees to all suggestions made by the Union govt (in 2018). SC just agreed to whatever the BJP govt asked. From proposing that the BJP govt will brainwash school kids into not bursting crackers by running campaigns to time restriction & complete ban of joint crackers.
Adarsh Kumar Goel of the National Green Tribunal – The chairperson of the National Green Tribunal and former judge of the Supreme Court of India. NGT passed orders to ban crackers without any evidence of crackers being a major cause of pollution while the major causes are totally ignored. in 2020, the National Green Tribunal imposed a total ban on the sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the National Capital Region from November 9 midnight to November 30 midnight, saying “Celebration by crackers is for happiness and not to celebrate deaths and diseases.
Known Personalities Endorsing the Process to Ban
Priyanka Chopra
Haripriya Padmanabhan
Dr. Harshvardhan, BJP Minister
Anushka Sharma (Animal welfare was her point)
Sashi Tharoor (Secular fireworks is ok)
Shradha Kapoor (Fireworks on her events ok)
Yuvaraj Singh (Fireworks on Diwali not ok, for wedding ok)
Rakul Preet
crackers on her movie celebration are ok
8. Taapsee Pannu (secular crackers ok)
Companies/Organisations Endorsing Ban
Just boycott them. Let them feel the pinch.
British Paints https://twitter.com/British_Paints/status/1186568176873508864
CIPLA https://twitter.com/OriginalAnmol/status/1068914852201148416
Panasonic India
this is how they tweeted earlier.
Tata Power
LG
Airtel
Kolkata Police
Enforcing Punishments
Police in various states have been very active in catching violation of the time window for bursting crackers stipulated by the same jokers. Govt. also comes up with strange orders that are not as per the norms of the place. In any case, in most cases, people ignored these stupid diktats and went ahead with their celebration. Some of the ignoble govt. bodies.
Delhi Police and Home Ministry of India
Delhi Police directly reports to the Ministry of Home under Amit Shah. The contrast in their alacrity would not have been more prominent and naked since recently, during Eid, violent protests by the “peaceful religion” were handled with kid gloves. But, over 500 people were jailed in one strange case of a person making Sutli crackers. This led many people to quip, ” Making real bombs is not serious for Delhi Police, however, Sutlis can land you in jail.” BJP is leading its way in the centre to destroy Hindu traditions and customs.
Implementing Aurangazeb Rules to Ban:
Once the High Court, Supreme Court, and NGT gave judgements to the effect that Diwali crackers are somehow more polluting and need to be curtailed, state governments and district administrations jumped into the fray to ban celebrations. Most of them are working on their usual anti-Hindu agenda to destroy festivals and rituals. Some of them are listed here:
- Delhi Govt. under Arvind Kejriwal (AAP) ban sale and bursting of firecrackers. The ban is in place from September 15, 2021, to January 1, 2022. Although the ban was issued by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the toothless Delhi police (as seen in Shaheen Baag, Delhi riots and the Republic Day mayhem), under Amit Shah, is heavily enforcing this through arrests. [5]
- Rajasthan Govt. under Ashok Gehlot (Congress) bans the sale and bursting of firecrackers. The ban is in place from October 1, 2021, to January 31, 2022. [6]
- Haryana Govt. under Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP) banned crackers in 14 districts and restrictions in other 8 districts. The order by the State Pollution Board is in line with directives from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Supreme Court of India. [7]
- Punjab Govt. under Charanjit Singh Channi (INC) banned the manufacture, stock, distribution, sale and use of firecrackers in Punjab. The excuse though is poor air quality although their farmers are burning fields for the past few months unnoticed. [8]
- Odisha Govt. under Naveen Patnaik (BJD) banned the sale and usage of crackers during the festive season. Only green crackers are allowed. [9]
Real Issues:
Polluters of Delhi
Reference:
- http://indiafacts.org/cracker-ban-pseudoscience-guided-decision-making/
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/sc-cracker-ban-judiciary-is-transgressing-into-executive-and-legislative-domains/story-nBExZqe042RvHg7HGQzKpM.html
- https://hindupost.in/law-policy/ngt-case-fiasco-shows-that-bjp-is-yet-to-find-its-ideological-moorings/
- https://swarajyamag.com/insta/delhi-police-cracks-the-whip-nearly-500-arrested-over-10000-kg-of-fireworks-seized-by-diwali-night
- https://www.news18.com/news/india/complete-ban-on-bursting-sale-of-firecrackers-up-to-january-1-in-delhi-4258628.html
- https://www.news18.com/news/india/after-delhi-rajasthan-imposes-ban-on-sale-bursting-of-crackers-during-diwali-4267697.html
- https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/haryana-govt-bans-firecrackers-in-14-ncr-districts-restrictions-in-others-121103100559_1.html
- https://www.news18.com/news/india/punjab-govt-allows-2-hour-window-for-green-crackers-on-diwali-complete-ban-in-these-cities-4369604.html
- https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/odisha-bans-sale-of-firecrackers-in-during-diwali-will-only-allow-green-fireworks.html
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