Relief news for Delhi-NCR residents! Supreme Court said- no action will be taken against owners of old vehicles..

The Supreme Court's decision has brought great relief to the owners of 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles in the national capital, Delhi. The court has made it clear that, at present, there will be no punitive action against the owners of these old vehicles. This order was pronounced by a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai, Justice Vinod K Chandran, and Justice NV Anjaria.

No action will be taken for four weeks.
The bench said in its order that no fine or action will be taken against such vehicle owners for the next four weeks, just because their diesel vehicles are 10 years old or petrol vehicles are 15 years old. The court has issued a notice in this matter and has sought a reply from the concerned parties within four weeks. After this, the matter will be heard again.
The court gave an argument about vintage cars.
During the hearing, Chief Justice BR Gavai said that earlier cars used to run for 40 to 50 years, and even today, many vintage cars exist. He raised the question whether it is right to consider vehicles as junk only based on age? The court indicated that the issue needs to be considered more deeply, especially when the condition of vehicles and their pollution levels may vary.

Questions have also been raised about the lack of facts.

An important fact that also came to light in this case is that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has not yet done any study on pollution caused by diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years. In response to an RTI filed by environmentalist Amit Gupta, the commission admitted that it had not done any research on this subject. This matter was also brought to the notice of the court.

Ban on the previous policy of Delhi government

The Delhi government had earlier decided to take strict measures regarding old vehicles and had said that it would appeal to the court to implement this policy. But after the latest order of the Supreme Court, this policy will not be effective for the time being. The owners of old vehicles can now breathe a sigh of relief for four weeks, while the court's stance in the next hearing of the case will decide the future direction.

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