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The order on Diwali firecrackers is more evidence that the Supreme Court is now institutionally addicted to playing the sovereign. We are not to grudge the judges their headlines and glory. It’s for them to introspect on the wisdom of delivering orders unimplementable beyond the 5 km periphery of the court.
Supreme Court is issuing orders which are impracticable and unimplementable at the outset. Such orders are giving more arsenals to publicity hungry citizens including media-person for filling PILs.
Pity, you have also joined the crowd. You can, of course, criticize the judgment. However, attributing a motive for that? Pity. That is all that one can say.