Delhi Government moves Supreme Court against blanket ban on overage vehicles

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Delhi moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking a review of its 2018 order, which enforced a blanket ban on petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years in the National Capital Region, reported Live Law.

“The road-worthiness of a vehicle is a technical and scientific issue that must be linked to actual emissions as tested and recorded by mechanisms, as opposed to blanket ban on the basis of age,” the Delhi government argued in its petition, according to The Indian Express.

The Rekha Gupta-led government also said that age-based restrictions are no longer justified.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai will hear the matter on Monday.