Chief Minister Rekha Gupta-led Delhi authorities has moved the Supreme Court docket difficult the blanket ban on diesel autos older than 10 years and petrol autos older than 15 years.
A 3-judge bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai is prone to hear the plea right now. The plea seeks to recall the highest courtroom’s October 29, 2018, order upholding the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal’s preliminary directive.
The plea submitted {that a} complete coverage is required to deal with air pollution in Delhi-NCR, which provides automobile health primarily based on precise emission ranges of particular person autos as per scientific strategies relatively than implementing a blanket ban primarily based solely on age.
The plea seeks a complete examine by the Centre and CAQM to evaluate the precise environmental advantages of age-based restrictions versus emission-based standards.
Delhi Setting Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa mentioned final week that air pollution ranges of autos ought to be decided primarily based on their utilization relatively than their age, forward of the Supreme Court docket listening to on the Finish-of-Life (EoL) automobile coverage.
“There are a lot of autos which have aged, however as a result of they have not been used a lot, their air pollution ranges are decrease. There are such a lot of new autos whose age is much less however have been used quite a bit; so we consider that the parameter to find out air pollution ranges have to be using the automobile as a substitute of its age,” Sirsa advised information company ANI.
On July 24, a bench led by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice Okay Vinod Chandran agreed to look at whether or not BS-VI compliant autos ought to have an end-of-life restrict of 15 years for petrol autos and 10 years for diesel autos within the Delhi-NCR area.
What was the October 2018 Order?
The apex courtroom had earlier directed the transport departments of states within the Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) that every one diesel autos greater than 10 years outdated and petrol autos greater than 15 years outdated shall not ply when it comes to order of the NGT order.
“All autos, diesel or petrol, that are greater than 15 years outdated shall not be permitted to ply on the roads and wherever such autos of this age are seen, the involved authorities shall take acceptable steps in accordance with regulation, together with seizure of the autos in accordance with the provisions of the Motor Car Act.
“The autos that are greater than 15 years outdated, won’t be permitted to be parked in any public space, and so they shall be towed away and challenged by the police in accordance with the regulation. This course could be relevant to all autos with out exception i.e. two wheelers, three wheelers, 4 wheelers, gentle autos and heavy autos no matter whether or not industrial or in any other case,” the NGT mentioned in its November 26, 2014, order.
Lately, the Delhi authorities carried out ‘No gas for 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel autos’ from July 1, 2025, in compliance with the mandate from the Fee for Air High quality Administration (CAQM).
Nevertheless, inside two days of its implementation, town authorities, dealing with public ire, put it on maintain, citing ‘operational and infrastructural challenges’ as the explanations.
