Pushing for a "green" Diwali across the country, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday imposed major controls on firecrackers, including an 8 pm to 10 pm window for bursting them and limiting the manufacture and sale of fireworks to only those that conform to permissible smoke and noise levels.

A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan also restrained e-commerce websites like Flipkart and Amazon from selling firecrackers with emission levels beyond the permissible limit. The court said the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) would approve the permissible limit of sound.