Just because something ' s popular doesn ' t mean it ' s good lol . Same with music <| sep |> Good offer I ' ll think about it <| sep |> In some of your other comments you state Did you bothered to find the study based on which this was modeled ? If you do you would find that this effect lasts for a few seconds . On diwali night it might last for a few hours at max . They do not cause the smog . That is factually inaccurate . It is well known that there is a spike in concentrations of common air pollutants . You don ' t have to be an air quality expert to feel that palpable spike in Delhi air . Widespread use of firecracker degrades ambient air quality . The link is undeniable . Sources S 0 t e l t e l scriptsciarttexttlngenYou seem to be unaware of how environmental regulations work in India or how in some cases it has improved your quality of life as an Indian citizen . Supreme court has time and again safeguarded the right of Indian people to a clean environment . One well documented case is of the pesticide Endosulfan . Endosulfan has been used in agriculture around the world to control insect pests including whiteflies , aphids , leafhoppers etc . It is also a mammalian endocrine disrupter and is very poisonous . EPA ' s acute reference dose for dietary exposure to endosulfan is 0 . 015 mgkg for adults and 0 . 0015 mgkg for children . Because of the Supreme Court judgement , the government will have to phase out endosulfan by the end of 2017 . Source n e w s i n d i a t o phaseoutuseofendosulfanby 2017 government 647081 A lot of indian children yours as well as mine are going to born with longer lifespans and lower probability of birth defects because of this BAN . In this case , the supreme court weighed the economic benefit of using a toxic pesticide vs . giving a better environment to Indian citizens and chose the latter . This is not judicial overreach . It is how the system works . Bans are often part of environmental regulations . Thats just how environmental regulations sometimes work . In the case of firecrackers , you exercising your right impedes my right to clean air because we share the same property ambient air . We really can ' t have both . That is what the supreme court said . On a personal note , there are responsible ways to celebrate Diwali . You can be religious while being more scientifically informed . You can embrace science without giving up your traditions . It is 2016 , perhaps a time to start new traditions .