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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 10986

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, CJ, J, K VINOD CHANDRAN, J, MR. JUSTICE NV ANJARIA, J
M.C. Mehta – Appellant
Versus
Union of India & Ors. – Respondent
Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13029/1985



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Applicant-in-person, AOR Petitioner-in-person, Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv., Mr. Aditya Pratap Swain, Adv., Mr. Swarnendu Das, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR, Mr. Shryansh Aggarwal, Adv., Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR, Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR, Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.

The Court ruled that no coercive action should be taken against vehicle owners based on age restrictions until further orders.

Headnote:This case arises under Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13029/1985 concerning vehicular age regulations. The Court addressed the legality of coercive actions against vehicle owners based on age limitations dictated by law. The court found that immediate coercive measures should not proceed, leading to the decision presented herein.

Table of Content
1. introduction of the petition for hearing. (Para 1)
2. discussion on regulatory measures against vehicle owners. (Para 2)

JUDGMENT

Date : 12-08-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

Signa ture No t Ve rifi ed HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Digita lly s ign ed b y HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN POOJA SHARMA Date: 2025.08.13

17:58: 07 IST HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Reason:

For Petitioner(s) : Applicant-in-person, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Pratap Swain, Adv.

Mr. Swarnendu Das, Adv.

Mr. Aman Varma, AOR For Respondent(s) : Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR Mr. Shryansh Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.

Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Shri Narain, AOR Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.

Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.

M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR Mr. Kushagra Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv.

Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Parmod Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Prakhar Vashisht, Adv.

Mr. Prashant Bajaj, Adv.

Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv.

Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR Mr. Sandeep Narain, Adv.

Ms. Kanak Malik, Adv.

Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Wasim S. Qadri, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv.

Ms. Bhumika Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Rohit Swarup, Adv.

Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv.

Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv.

Mr. Kamal Kishore, Adv. Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G.

Mr. B.k. Satija, A.A.G.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mudgal, A.A.G.

Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv.

Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv.

Ms. Aakanksha, Adv.

Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv.

Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv.

Mr. Sarthak Shrivastava, Adv.

Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Ms. Surabhi Sanchita, AOR Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Aanchal Kapoor, Adv.

Mr. Ketan Paul, AOR Mr. Hiren Dasan, AOR Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, AOR Mrs. Priyanka Singh, Adv.

Mr. M Aamir Faiyaz, Adv. Ms. Anushka Rajora, Adv.

Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Ms. Manisha, Adv.

Ms. Rupali, Adv.

Mr. Niraj Gupta, AOR Mrs. Anshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Subham Gupta, Adv. Ms. Siddhi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.

Mrs. Harini Ram Sankar, Adv.

Mr. Ajith Williams, Adv.

Ms. Adhirai Devi, Adv.

Mr. Adhil N, Adv.

Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR Mr. Soumya Dutta

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