On September 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of India allowed certified manufacturers to produce green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR but prohibited their sale in the region. The Court specified that only those authorized by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) would be permitted to manufacture these firecrackers.

Additionally, the Court directed the Central Government to collaborate with stakeholders and present a solution regarding the ban on the sale and storage of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR by October 8, 2025.

Earlier this month, while addressing the firecracker ban in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court questioned why restrictions were applied selectively, remarking that if clean air was a right for the "elite" citizens of the national capital, it should equally apply across the country. A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing petitions on regulating firecrackers in the NCR on September 12. The Court emphasized the need for a nationwide policy on firecracker regulations.

The observations came while the Supreme Court was hearing pleas from firecracker manufacturers and citizen groups challenging its April 3, 2025 order, which upheld an earlier directive of December 19, 2024, banning the sale, manufacture, and storage of firecrackers in Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan. In April, the Court stressed that a year-round ban was necessary given the "horrible" air quality in the region. Following its intervention, neighboring states also extended similar restrictions to their NCR districts.