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14 Indian J.L. & Just. 161 (2023)
Conferring the Rights to Air: A Way to Change Social Behavior in India

handle is hein.journals/ijlj14 and id is 171 raw text is: ISSN: 0976-3570 Conferring the Rights to Air: A Way to Change Social Behavior in India Dr. Kavita Goel' Abstract India is a land ofcelebrations in the name ofnationalfestival or religious festivals or victory of individual or team. By celebration we seek to be entertained and amused at the cost of natural resources. In 2017, the Allahabad High Court bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice MK Gupta held that every citizen had the right to celebrate festivals in a peaceful manner. But now a day over celebration with fire crackers and loud sound are going into the vein of almost all life events whether big or small. In Ajay Goswami V. Union of India, the Supreme Court Upheld the right of adult citizens to entertainment notwithstanding that such entertainment may be inappropriate for children. On 23rd October 2019, the Supreme Court ofIndia refused to impose blanket ban on sale offirecrackers but allowed the sale of low polluting greenfirecrackers which are within the permitted decibel limit and emission norms. This decision is in parallel with the existing bunch of environment protection legislation except the permission to use of green pollutants. These type of judgments and legislations are made to make the human being enjoy and the nature weep. The pollution level in New Delhi peaked on the morning just next day of Diwali celebration because of unbridled right to celebrations. On Monday, i.e. 25th November 2019, the Supreme Court accused the Centre and Delhi government ofpoliticizing the issue and said that the city is no longer livable and had become worse than hell. Key words: Green Firecrackers, pollutants, environment protection, emission norms, air and noise pollution, legal person, rights I. Introduction The man of our time is losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating, he seeks to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state-it is to 1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat 161 Vol. 14 No. 1

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