Supreme Court extends stay on registration of diesel vehicles above 2000 cc in Delhi-NCR region

The court also slammed the government for not being serious about the issue of pollution.

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Supreme Court of India. New Delhi . Express Photo By Amit Mehra
19-04-2010

The Supreme Court on Saturday extended the stay on registration of diesel vehicles above 2000 cc capacity in the Delhi-NCR region until further orders. The court was hearing various petitions related to its earlier rulings on controlling the problem of pollution in the city.

The court also slammed the government for not being serious about the issue of pollution, ANI reported.

Additionally, the court refused to extend the deadline for the conversion of private diesel taxis into CNG. Only CNG taxis will be allowed to ply on Delhi roads from May 1. Cabs with all-India permits are exempt from the order though.

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A number of cab operators and their associations urged the court for an extension of the deadline, but a bench comprising Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R. Banumati refused the request.

The apex court had initially asked the diesel cab operators in the NCR to switch over to CNG by March 1. That deadline was later extended to March 31 and then to April 30.

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