ITEM NO.55 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 13029/1985 M.C. MEHTA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(1) IN RE: REPORT NO. 71 AND 78 SUBMITTED BY EPCA (REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN WITH TIMELINES)

2) IA NO. 2733/2018 (APPLN. FOR IMPLEADMENT ON B/O NIPUN MALHOTRA) Date : 05-02-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Advocate (A.C.)[NP]

Ms. Aparajita Singh, Advocate (A.C.)

Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Advocate (A.C.)

Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, Advocate (A.C.)

For Petitioner(S) Petitioner-In-Person For Respondent(S) Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Advocate Mr. Kamlesh Vaswani, Adv.

Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, ASG Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Wasim Qadri, Adv.

Mr. D.L. Chidanand, Adv.

Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Zaid Ali, Adv.

Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv.

Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv.

Mr. G.S. Makker, Advocate.

Mr. Divya Prakash Pande, Adv.

Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by MEENAKSHI KOHLI Date: 2018.02.06

17:00:51 IST Mr. Anil Grover, Adv.

Reason:

Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.

Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Sanjay Kr. Visen, Advocate Mr. Abhishek, Advocate Mr. Arijit Prasad, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv.

Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.

Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.

Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Advocate Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Advocate Mr. Sandeep Narain, Adv. Ms. Anjali Agarwal, Adv.

For M/S S Narain And Co., Advocates Mr. Jai Dehadrai, Adv.

Mr. Sidharth Arora, Adv.

Ms. Shivangini Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Manisha Ambwani, Advocate Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Akshat Hansaria, Adv.

Mr. Mohit Singh, Adv.

Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.

Mr. Ritesh Bajaj, Adv.

Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Vanita Bhargava, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv.

Ms. Richa Bhargava, Adv.

Ms. Shweta Kabra, Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev K. Kapoor, Adv.

Mr. Gaurav Juneja, Adv.

Mr. Navneet Vibhaw, Adv.

For M/s Khaitan & Co.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

REPORT NO. 71 AND 78 (REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL) IN THE NCR REGION INCLUDING HARYANA, RAJASTHAN AND U.P.

The learned Amicus has brought to our notice a press release dated 15.11.2017 issued by the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India through the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

The Press Release reads as follows:

“Pre-ponement of introduction of BS -VI grade auto fuels in NCT Delhi The Government of India has been making concerted efforts in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Commitment at COP 21, to reduce vehicular emissions and improve fuel efficiency with an aim to reduce the carbon footprints and keep a healthy environment. India has followed the regulatory pathway for fuel quality and vehicle emissions standards termed as Bharat Stage (BS).

The Ministry of Petroleum and natural Gas has successfully introduced the BS-IV grade transportation st fuels across the country w.e.f April 1 2017. With the launch of BS-IV grade fuel, a new era of clean transportation fuels has begun which will benefit all citizens of our country by substantially reducing pollution levels. Migration to BS-IV grade fuels shows India’s resolve to cut down emissions.

As a next step in this direction, Government in consultation with stakeholders has decided to meet international best practices by leapfrogging directly st from BS-IV to BS-VI grade by 1 April, 2020, skipping BS-V altogether. Oil refining companies are making huge investments in fuel up gradation projects to produce the BS-VI grade fuels.

Taking into account the serious pollution levels in Delhi and adjoining areas, Petroleum Ministry in consultation with Public Oil Marketing Companies has decided for preponement of BS-VI grade auto fuels in NCT of Delhi w.e.f 01.04.2018 instead of 01.04.2020. OMCs have also be