On Monday, India's Supreme Court banned fireworks in the capital Delhi ahead of annual festival of Diwali on October 19.
reports the ban on the sale and distribution of firecrackers will last till November 1.
Millions of fireworks are traditionally set off during Diwali, making air pollution worse and causing hospital admissions to soar in India.
The Supreme Court had first in November 2016, before temporarily lifting it in September.
However, three kids aged between two and four years - Arjun Gopal, Aarav Bhandari and Zoya Rao Bhasin filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of the ban ordered on November 11 last year.
Their plea explained how children were the worst-affected by pollution, saying 'their lungs are not fully developed, making their systems more vulnerable and prone to lung disease, asthma, coughing, bronchitis, and retarded development of nervous system and cognitive impairment', reports.
India's Central Pollution Control Board told the court it also wanted the ban to be restored.
The court in its ruling said it wanted to test if banning fireworks would make a difference to Delhi's air quality, ranked among the worst in the world.
However those who have already bought fireworks will be able to use them.
Last year's ban on the "possession, stocking and selling" of fireworks was ordered only after Diwali, when the city's air quality had already reached hazardous levels.
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Choking smog had even forced the Delhi government to shut all schools for three days.
However the ban received mixed responses from Twitterati.
