Supreme Court of India · 2018-10-24
M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2018 SUPREME COURT 5194
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- M.C. Mehta
- Respondent
- Union Of India
- Author
- Deepak Gupta
- Bench
- Deepak Gupta, S. Abdul Nazeer, Madan B. Lokur
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court ruled that Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) compliant vehicles cannot be sold in India after 31.03.2020, reaffirming its earlier decision that mandated only BS-IV compliant vehicles be registered from 01.04.2017. The Court held that manufacturers' requests for additional time to sell non-compliant vehicles were not justified, emphasizing the importance of adhering to environmental standards. The judgment reinforces the government's commitment to stricter emission norms under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989.