Overview

• Only CSIR‑NEERI and PESO‑certified green firecrackers bearing verifiable QR codes may be sold at designated physical outlets, with online sales prohibited and supplies from outside the NCR barred.
• Use is confined to two slots on the eve of Diwali and on Diwali day: 6:00–7:00 am and 8:00–10:00 pm, with joined ‘laris’ and non‑approved products remaining banned.
• The bench directed police to form patrolling teams for spot checks and warned that violations could lead to seizures, licence suspension and legal action.
• CPCB and state pollution boards must monitor air quality during the festival period and file reports to the court, adding traceability requirements to strengthen enforcement.
• The Delhi government began implementing the order by processing temporary licences, identifying sale sites and briefing agencies, as industry groups welcomed the relief and experts cautioned that weak enforcement could still worsen pollution.