(Pooja Dubey, Intern Journalist) The Supreme Court has prohibited the registration of vehicles with BS4. Along with this, the court expressed displeasure with the Vehicle Dealers Association for selling large numbers of vehicles during the lockdown in March and for violating its order.
The court said that such vehicles were sold during the last week of March and also after 31 March during the lockdown. An unusual number of BS4 vehicles were sold during the lockdown. The court will next hear the case on August 13.
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra made it clear during a brief hearing from the video conference on Friday that the registration of BS4 vehicles will stay until a decision on the issue is made.
Earlier, on July 8, the court had withdrawn its order dated 27 March in which BS4 vehicles were sold for 10 days in other parts of the country except Delhi-NCR after the removal of the applicable lockdown due to Covid-19. Permission was granted. This relief was later withdrawn.
The bench told the lawyer appearing on behalf of the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA), “You are in serious trouble. We will take prosecution action against anyone.”
The bench specifically mentioned the increase in sales of such vehicles on 29, 30 and 31 March, saying that, ‘we will take appropriate action against these people.’ The next hearing on this matter will now be on August 13.
Earlier, on July 24, the court objected to the oral request of the vehicle dealers, in which they said that ‘BS4 vehicles should be allowed to be returned to the manufacturers so that they can be exported to other countries. Dealers said that ‘BS4 vehicles are still allowed to be sold in some countries.’
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