Crisis on Firecracker Market in Jalandhar, license -dispute reaches the Supreme Court; Questions raised about the Corporation’s actions on illegal construction updated: di, 14 Oct 2025 07:21 PM (IST) The court will hear the petition on October 16 by the Fire Works Association in Jalandhar to increase the number of licenses. The association cited changes in rules in 2016 and population growth. Following the complaint of illegal construction in the Firecracker market near Pathankot Chowk, the actions of the municipal corporation are in question. Now all eyes are on this case in the Supreme Court. On October 16, the court will hear the petition submitted by the Fire Works Association in Jalandhar to increase the number of licenses (Photo: Jagran) Jagran correspondent, Jalandhar. The court will hear the claim for more than 20 licenses from the Fire Works Association on October 16. The association appealed in the Punjab High Court and Haryana in which the rules in the year 2016 and the changed circumstances were argued after 9 years. Remove ad Read only news The court asked if they would increase or reduce the number of licenses. The ruling is still reserved in the Supreme Court, despite it, until Tuesday, a structure of more than twenty barns in the Firecracker market was erected at Circus Ground near Pathankot Chowk. The municipal corporation team returned empty -handed on Monday due to the dispute, but the market is on the target of the municipal corporation as a result of the construction of more barns than the license. However, the corporation’s building team said on Monday that the layout for the market was not prepared and that they received a complaint about illegal construction. It is noteworthy that a fireworks market is held every year at festivals in Baltern Park, but now it is being developed for a sports atter, a sports complex is being built here. For this reason, choosing the place for the Firecracker market this time was a problem. Earlier, there was mention of Lyallpur Khalsa School, Nakodar Road, Ghas Mandi near Lamma Pind and then Beant Singh Park, but due to new rules all these places could not be selected. Circus or Pathankot Chowk got NOC from the police, traders here have made private market arrangements. This time, there are two challenges before the Firecracker traders, firstly, the arrangement of the Firecracker market in a private place, secondly, to remove mutual factionalism, and thirdly, efforts are made to increase the number of 20 licenses, otherwise more stalls must be drafted at 20 licenses. Punjab and the Haryana Supreme Court will decide on the petition of Fire Works Association on October 16. The association argued that the Punjab and Haryana High Court decided in the year 2017 that only 20 percent of licenses issued in the year 2016 should be issued. The Fire Works Association said it fundamentally violated their right to trade. The 20 percent limit was then determined on the basis of the population, now the situation has changed, the population has increased. However, the Supreme Court argued whether it was the task of the court to decide whether the limit should be 20 percent or 30 percent. Now the decision is coming on October 16.
Crisis on Firecracker Market in Jalandhar, license -dispute reaches the Supreme Court; Questions raised about the Corporation’s actions on illegal construction – Jalandhar Firecrackers Market License Disppale heads before the court
