SC mulls extending hologram stickers for vehicles beyond NCR

The Supreme Court has stressed on the need of hologram-based colour-coded stickers for vehicles to tackle air pollution, saying it was considering to make it mandatory in states and UTs beyond the National Capital Region.

In 2018, the top court accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, which envisaged that hologram-based light blue stickers would be used in vehicles using petrol and CNG in the NCR, whereas diesel-run vehicles would have orange stickers. These stickers were also supposed to include the date of registration.

The Centre amended Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, and the High Security Registration Plate order of 2001 to give legal recognition to the scheme of hologram-based stickers.

As the matter came up for hearing on Friday, a Bench of Justices AS Oka and AG Masih emphasised on enforcement to deal with vehicular pollution.