BS-VI vehicles: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea to allow end-of-life vehicles to ply in Delhi-NCR
The nation's top court bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, has scheduled to hear the appeal on Monday, 28 July 2025.
According to the agency report, the bench decided to hear the appeal after a legal counsel mentioned it for urgent listing, mentioning that the government cannot override the court's earlier directions on pollution control.
Once the apex court sets a limit, the government cannot alter those limits for curbing vehicular emissions to check pollution in the national capital, reported the news agency, citing the legal counsel on Thursday.
The current end-of-life period, as per the law, stands at 10 years for diesel variant vehicles, and 15 years for all the petrol variant vehicles in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) region.
(This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.)
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