Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 285 · Decided 29 March 2017
M. C.MEHTA v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 285 · [2017] 6 S.C.R. 707
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 13029/1985
- Decided
- 29 March 2017
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Environment- Pollution -Air Pollution - Commercial vehicles C not complying with Bharat Stage-IV emission standards causing health hazards and adding to the already alarming air pollution levels - Ban on sale and registration of existing stock of such vehicles on 2017 - Plea of manuracturers that they are entitled to manufacture such vehicles till 31s March, 2017 and thus D may be given reasonable time to dispose of such existing stock - Held: The manufacturers of such vehicles were fully aware that eventually from 1st April, 2017 they would be
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