Supreme Court Bans Sale And Registration Of Bharat Stage-III Compliant Vehicles From 1 April 2017

Yesterday, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India (SC), pursuant to its order in the case of M C Mehta v Union of India (WP (C) No. 13029/1985), imposed a complete ban on the sale and registration of Bharat Stage-III (BS-III) compliant two wheelers, three wheelers, four wheelers and commercial vehicles across the country from 1 April 2017. The Hon'ble Bench, comprising of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, observed that "the health of the people is far, far more important than the commercial interests of the manufacturers or the loss that they are likely to suffer in respect of the so-called small number of such vehicles".