SC rejects plea against NGT order

New Delhi, April 20

The Supreme Court today rejected a plea against an order of the National Green Tribunal banning all vehicles which are more than 15 years old from plying on Delhi roads.

“Let us assist them (NGT) and not discourage them,” a Bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Arun Mishra said while dismissing a plea filed by a lawyer seeking setting aside of the decision of the green panel. The Bench said the NGT was “only repeating the orders passed by Constitutional courts in the past.”

“All vehicles, diesel or petrol, which are more than 15 years old, shall not be permitted to ply on roads and wherever such vehicles of this age are noticed, the authorities concerned shall take appropriate steps in accordance with law, including seizure of the vehicles in accordance with the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act,” the Bench said.

Lawyer Vishaal Shripati Jogdand had challenged the order in the apex court on grounds that the NGT had no jurisdiction to hear a case. — PTI