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2020 Supreme(SC) 957
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
ARUN MISHRA, S. ABDUL NAZEER, JJ.
M.C. Mehta – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India & Ors. - Respondents
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 13029/1985, ((1) IA NO. 142872/2019 (APPLN. FOR MODIFICATION OF ORDERS DT.16.12.2015 AND 31.03.2016 ON B/O DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE)(2) IN RE: REGISTRATION OF BS IV VEHICLES (3) IA D. NO. 48238 OF 2020 (APPLN. FOR IMPLEADMENT ON BEHALF OF BIRD AUTOMATIVE PVT. LTD.)(4) IN RE: REPORT NOS. 81 AND 84 SUBMITTED BY EPCA(IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECEMBER, 2015 STANDARDS FOR THERMAL POWER PLANTS WHICH WERE TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY DECEMBER, 2017)(5)I.A. NOS. 53959 AND 53962/2020 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON B/O NTPC)(6)I.A. NOS. 52536, 52538 AND 53358/2020 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT, DIRECTIONS AND EXEMPTION FROM NOTARIZATION ON B/O ARAVALI POWER CO. LTD.) (7)I.A. NOS. 55630 AND 55631/2020 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON B/O ANAND SINGHVI)(8)I.A. NO. 44408/2020 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON B/O ASSN. OF POWER PRODUCERS PVT. LTD.)(9)I.A. NO. 12493/2020 (APPLN. FOR MODIFICATION OF ORDER DT. 5.8.2019 ON B/O MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE)“ONLY” IN W.P. (C) NO. 13029/1985
Decided on : 19-06-2020
Advocate Appeared:
MR. HARISH, N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE, (A.C.)MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE, (A.C.), MR. A.D.N. RAO, ADVOCATE, (A.C.), MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE, (A.C.)PETITIONER-IN-PERSON, MR. G.S. MAKKER, ADVOCATE, MR. B.K. PRASAD, ADVOCATE, MR. SANJAY KR. VISEN, ADVOCATE, MR. KAMLENDRA MISHRA, Mr. SANDEEP KR. JHA, MS. UTTARA BABBARMR. CHANDRA PRAKASH, Ms. SHAGUN MATTA, ADVOCATE, SMR. ABHISHEK, ADVOCATE, MS. RUCHI KOHLI, ADVOCATE, MR. B.V. BALRAMDAS, ADVOCATE, .MR. CHIRAG M. SHROFF, ADVOCATE, MS. ANIL KATIYAR, ADVOCATE, M/S S NARAIN AND COADVOCATE, SMS. GARIMA PRASHAD, ADVOCATE,, Mr. PRAVEEN SWARUP, ADVOCATE, MR. KULDIP SINGH, ADVOCATE,, Mr. RAHUL NARAYAN, ADVOCATE, MR. ROHIT K. SINGH, ADVOCATE, MR. RITWIK DUTTA, ADVOCATE, MR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA, ADVOCATE, MR. E.C. AGRAWALA, ADVOCATE, MR. TALHA ABDUL RAHMAN, ADVOCATE, MS. NISHTHA KUMAR, ADVOCATE, MS. SAKYA SINGH CHAUDHURI, ADVOCATE,, Ms. SURUCHI AGGARWAL, ADVOCATE, MR. PRESHIT SURSHE, ADVOCATE,, Mr.RAJIV YADAV, ADVOCATE, MR. B. VINODH KHANNA, ADVOCATE,, Mr. GUNTUR PRABHAKAR, ADVOCATE, MR. PRADEEP MISRA, Mr. GAURAV SHRIVASTAVA, ADVOCATE, MR. RAM SANKAR, Ms Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. (A.C.), Mr Siddhartha Chowdhury, Adv. (A.C.), Mr.A.D.N.Rao, Adv. (A.C.), Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General, Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Anish Gupta, Adv, Mr. Nikhil Khandpal, AdvMr. Gaurav Srivastava, AdvMr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Mr. Raghenth Basant, ADVOCATE, Mr. Hrishikesh Chitaley, ADVOCATE, Mr. Chandra Prakash, Mr. Atmaram NS Nadkarni, ASG Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker AOR. Mr. D.L. Chidananda,Adv. Mr. Suhasini Sen,Adv. Mr. S.S. Rebello,Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. RajBahadur Yadav,Adv. Ms Pinky Anand, ASG Mr. W A Quadri, Sr. Adv Mr. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Adv Ms. Snidha Mehra,Adv. Mr. B V balaram Dass ( AOR) Ms Pinky Anand, ASG Mr. W A Quadri, Sr. Adv Mr. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Adv Ms. Snidha Mehra Mr. B.V. Balaram Dass( AOR) Ms AISHWARYA BHATI, Senior ADVOCATE, Mr. RAJEEV KUMAR DUBEY, Mr. KAMLENDRA MISHRA, AoR Mr. S. Prabakaran, Senior ADVOCATE, Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Senior ADVOCATE, Mr. Ram Sankar, ADVOCATE, Ms. G. Chitrakala, ADVOCATE, Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, ADVOCATE, Ms. Divya, ADVOCATE, for M/s. RAM SANKAR & CO. Mr. Sanjiv Sen Sr.Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Arvind Datar, Senior ADVOCATE, Mr. Shri Venkatesh, ADVOCATE, Ms. Nishtha Kumar, ADVOCATE, on Record Mr. Vikas Maini, ADVOCATE, Mr. V.G. Paragasam,Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff,Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra,Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar,Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar, AoR Mr. S K Dhingra,Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi Jain,Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kasana,Adv. Ms. Shefali Mitra,Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar (ADVOCATE, -On-Record) Ms. Anupama Ngangom (ADVOCATE, ) Mr. Karun Sharma (ADVOCATE, ) Mr. Kshitij Vaibhav Adv Ms. Sheena Taqui Adv Ms. Suvarna Dubey Adv Ms. Bina Gupta ( AOR) MR. NALIN KOHLI, AAG, MR. SHUVODEEP ROY, AOR MS. GARIMA PRASHAD, AOR Mr. G.S. OBDEROI, Adv Mr. VIKAS MAHAJAN (A.A.G.) Mr. VINOD SHARMA (AOR) Mr. Deepak Bashta, ADVOCATE, Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Suraj Singh, ADVOCATE, s. MR.K.V.JAGDISHVARAN,ADV, Ms. G.INDIRA,AOR Mr. Ajay Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Kishan Rawat,Adv. Mr. Raj Narain,Adv. Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR Mr. PB Suresh, Adv Mr. Anshuman Bahahadur, Adv Mr. Anil Grover AAG HARYANA Ms. Noopur Singhal, ADVOCATE, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR MRS. K. ENATOLI SEMA, ADV. MR. AMIT KUMAR SINGH, ADV Mr. Jayanth Muthuraj, AAG Mr. M.Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Ms. Beena Victor, Adv Ms. MADHUMITA BHATTACHARJEE, AOR Mr.V.N.Raghupathy Mr. Sandeep Narain, ADVOCATE, for M/s. S. Narain & CoAOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Yash Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv. Ms. Manyaa Chandok, Adv. Mr. Keshav Mohan, ADVOCATE, Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi,Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, ADVOCATE, Mr. Santosh Kumar-1,Adv. Applicant-in-person, AOR Petitioner-in-person, Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR, Mr. Ramesh Babu M. RAOR, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR, Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR, Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR, Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR, Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR, Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR, Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR, Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR, Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR, Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR, Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR, Mr. Bimal Roy Jad, AOR, Mr. Surya Kant, AOR, Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR, Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR, Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR, Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR, Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR, Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR, Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR, Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR, Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR, Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR, Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR, Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR, Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR, Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR M/S. Parekh & CoAOR, Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR, Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR, Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR, Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR, Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR, Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR M/S. S. Narain & CoAOR, Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR, Mr. Vijay Panjwani, AOR, Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR, Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR, Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR, Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR, Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR, Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR, Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR, Mr. Abhishek, AOR, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR, Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR, Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR M/S. Saharya & CoAOR, Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR, Mr. Shri Narain, AOR, Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bakshi, AOR, Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR M/S. Khaitan & CoAOR, Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR, Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR, Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR, Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR, Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR, Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Ms. Garima Prashad, AOR, Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & CoAOR, Mr. Sameer Shrivastava, AOR, Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR, Ms. Divya Jyoti Singh, AOR Gaurav, AOR, Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR, Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR, Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR, Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR, Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR, Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR, Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR, Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR, Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR, Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, AOR, Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR, Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR, Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR, Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR, Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR, Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR, Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR, Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR, Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR, Ms. Surabhi Sanchita, AOR, Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR, Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR, Ms. Divya Roy, AOR M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR, Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR, Mr. S. K. Dhingra, AOR, Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR, Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR, Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR, Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR
Enforcement of BS-VI compliant vehicles and gathering detailed data regarding vehicle sales and the maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
Headnote:
REGISTRATION - BS-IV VEHICLES - The court permitted the purchase of 14 buses/minibuses mentioned in the application, all of which are BS-VI compliant, except for one minibus (diesel vehicle) which is a BS-IV model. The registration of the BS-IV vehicle was declined, and the Police Department was advised to purchase BS-VI compliant vehicles. The court also directed the filing of detailed data regarding vehicle sales and maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
Fact of the Case:
The court permitted the purchase of BS-VI compliant vehicles but declined the registration of a BS-IV model, advising the Police Department to purchase BS-VI compliant vehicles. The court also directed the filing of detailed data regarding vehicle sales and maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
Finding of the Court:
The court permitted the purchase of BS-VI compliant vehicles, declined the registration of a BS-IV model, and directed the filing of detailed data regarding vehicle sales and maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
Issues: Registration of BS-IV vehicles, purchase of BS-VI compliant vehicles, maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
Ratio Decidendi: The court's decision was influenced by the need to enforce the use of BS-VI compliant vehicles and to gather detailed data regarding vehicle sales and the maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
Final Decision: The court permitted the purchase of 14 buses/minibuses mentioned in the application, all of which are BS-VI compliant, except for one minibus (diesel vehicle) which is a BS-IV model. The registration of the BS-IV vehicle was declined, and the Police Department was advised to purchase BS-VI compliant vehicles. The court also directed the filing of detailed data regarding vehicle sales and maintenance of separate portals by certain states and Union Territories.
ORDER :
I.A.No. 142872 of 2019
1. Considered the list of 96 vehicles contained in Para 8 of the application. A scanned copy of the table is annexed with this Record of Proceeding as per Annexure ‘A’.
2. It is submitted that their other variants in petrol and CNG are not available and except the bus/mini bus which are to be purchased, all vehicles are BS-VI compliant, as a special case, we permit the purchase of 14 buses/minibuses mentioned at Item No. 5 of the affidavit of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Prov.& Logistics), however, soon after the purchase, engine and chassis numbers of all the vehicles, which are permitted to be purchased, shall be furnished to this Court, on affidavit, within seven days of the purchase.
3. Permission for registration of one minibus (diesel vehicle) which is BS-IV model, is declined. No registration of the said BS IV vehicle can be made. It is open to the Police Department to purchase the BS-VI compliant vehicle.
4. In view of the above, I.A.No. 142872 of 2019 is hereby disposed of. It is made clear that the order shall not be treated as a precedent.
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IN RE : REGISTRATION OF BS-IV VEHICLES & I.A.D. NO. 48238 OF 2020
(Application for impleadment on behalf of Bird Automative Pvt. Ltd)
5. Let a better affidavit be filed giving details of all the vehicles category wise, including the sales date wise, which were made in the last 15 days of March, 2020. Date wise sale data be given on affidavit. Whether they are on E-vahan portal or not be also specified.
6. It is stated in the affidavit filed on behalf of the Transport Ministry that the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Union Territories of Lakshadweeep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and few RTOs of Arunanchal Pradesh are maintaining their separate portal.
7. Let the data be collected and placed before this Court within 15 days. Unto date entire data with reference to stand off dealers be verified and affidavit of position after 15th March, 2020 till date throughout India be filed in detail.
8. List the matter on 08.07.2020.
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9. I.A. No. 53959 and 53962/2020 [Impleadment and Directions on b/s NTPC]
and
I.A.Nos. 52536, 52538 and 53358/2020 [Aravali Power Co. Ltd.]
Issue notice in the applications.
10. Recovery so far as regards to NTPC Ltd. and to remain stayed till the next date of hearing.
11. List in the last week of July, 2020.
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I.A.No. 44408 of 2020
12. We are not inclined to allow the prayer made in the application. The learned counsel seeks leave to withdraw this application. The application is, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn.
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I.A.No. 12493 of 2020
List on 08.07.2020.
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I.A. Nos. 56155 of 2020(appln. for intervention on behalf of Manasi Priyadarshini Rout & Ors]
13. We are not inclined to entertain this application. The application is dismissed.
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I.A.No. 55630 & 55631/2020
[Appln for intervention and directions on behalf of Anand Singhvi]
14. Let it be specified whether the vehicle is on E-Vahan Portal of the Government of India.
List on 08.07.2020.
