Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 170 · Decided 26 March 2001
M.C.MEITTA v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 170 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 698
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 13029/1985
- Decided
- 26 March 2001
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, B.N. KIRPAL, V.N. KHARE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Modified
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Environmental law-Vechicular Pollution-Order dn!ed 28th July 1998 ,. passed by Supreme Court-Directions issued under order-Entire city bus fleet should be steadily converted to a single fuel mode of CNG by 31.3.2001- c No eight year old buses should ply except on CNG or other clean fuel after [st with Court's order-Such inaction deprecated-Applications filed for extension of time-Held a blanket extention of time cannot be given-Order passed by Court should not'be treated lightly-Compliance of order should be D in letter and spirit-However, in public interest and with a view to mitigate
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