THE SUPREME COURT TODAY DIRECTED that no coercive action be taken against owners of diesel vehicles over 10 years old and petrol vehicles over 15 years old in the National Capital Region (NCR).
A Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria issued notice to the Centre and the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on a Delhi government plea challenging the blanket ban on such vehicles.
The matter will be heard again after four weeks.
“Earlier, one used to use cars for 40-50 years. Even now, vintage cars are there,” Justice Gavai observed during the hearing.
The Delhi government has sought recall of the Court’s October 29, 2018, order upholding the National Green Tribunal’s directive imposing the age-based ban on diesel and patrol vehicles
