India, Oct. 22 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for failing to issue public notices regarding its recent order banning the bursting of firecrackers in public places, including streets, lanes and footpaths.

"The wheels of the official machinery appear to be turning too slowly to comply even with the basic preliminary compliances as ordered by the court," a division bench of justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale said.

The bench noted that neither authority had taken any steps to inform citizens about the firecracker ban through newspapers, electronic and social media, and other platforms, as directed by the court on October ...