Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/03/2024. The Special Protection Group (SPG) filed the application to direct the Transport Department, NCT of Delhi to allow extension of registration period of specialized armoured vehicles - 3 in number …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 20/07/2016 regarding deregistration of the diesel vehicles more than 15 years old in Delhi/NCR.
India's top environmental court on Monday ordered authorities to remove all diesel vehicles at least 10 years old off the capital city's streets in a bid to help clean New Delhi's polluted air. The ruling is the latest in a series of court-issued orders targeting the automotive industry's role in …
Follows weak enforcement of order passed last year; cars over 15 years already barred The war on pollution has come to a head with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) once again ordering diesel vehicles older than 10 years off the road, this time with immediate effect. A bench headed by …
Dubbing diesel as a "major cause of pollution", the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered that all diesel vehicles that are 10 years old or more be banned from plying in the national capital with immediate effect. The tribunal ordered the Delhi Regional Transport Officer (RTO) to deregister all …
Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for Ministry of Heavy Industries, told the NGT that other fuels also cause pollution but an impression has been created that diesel is more polluting. EVEN AS the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday directed the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to immediately deregister all diesel …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already banned the plying of diesel auto-rickshaws because they create excessive air pollution with poisonous smoke emitting from them. However, the Punjab Government has failed to do their bit in encouraging auto-rickshaws to operate by using compressed natural gas (CNG). In the absence …
The order is effective immediately and the NGT has also asked the Delhi RTO to share data of the vehicles that'll be de-registered. Like any sudden move, this one too brings in multiple implications for the users as well as the Indian automotive industry. While vehicle makers have reasons to …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ban on Diesel Vehicles, 19/07/2016. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition No. 13029 of 1985 in the matter of “M.C. Mehta versus Union of India & Others” has passed an order banning registration of SUVs and private cars of 2,000 cc and above …
The rules mentioned in the notification are applicable on vehicles that meet required emission norms To curb vehicular pollution, the government has notified rules for retrofitment of hybrid electric system, or electric kit, for vehicles. This applies to the vehicles that meet emission norms and are run on either diesel …
The motor vehicle department recommended the government not to issue permits for diesel auto-rickshaws in Kochi and Kozhikode. Transport commissioner Tomin J Thachankary recommended the government that since diesel auto-rickshaws cause large amount of environmental pollution, it is necessary to restrict them from getting city permits. Instead, the permits should …
The Supreme Court imposed ban on big diesel-powered passenger vehicles in the National Capital Region has hurt commercial vehicle makers as well, and they are unsure when they will have some clarity on the matter. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its ruling on December 11 had barred vehicles older …
As part of the pilot project, a fleet of CNG buses would be introduced in Kochi and later it would be expanded to cities like Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. In a bid to reduce the environmental and air pollution, Kerala government has drawn up a programme to convert the state-run buses …
NGT imposed a ban on diesel vehicles of 2000 cc engine capacity and above as well as operation of 10-year-old diesel vehicles in six major cities of Kerala. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in vacating a stay order against the operation of a National Green Tribunal …
South Korea's environment ministry said on Monday it will decide later this month whether to revoke the certification of 32 vehicle models made by Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) after prosecutors accused the German carmaker of fabricating documents on emissions and noise-level tests. If the ministry decides to revoke the certification of the …
Spain's High Court said on Friday Volkswagen's parent company, based in Germany, would be liable to answer any charges over emissions fraud, rather than its Spanish affiliates. Volkswagen admitted in September to cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests and said that up to 11 million vehicles worldwide could be fitted with …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Monday said the government should look at impounding vehicles which are more than 10 year old. It also called for impounding of 15 year old petrol vehicles. The tribunal is expected to resume hearing on its on its order banning plying of over …
Despite efforts by the traffic police, a large number of auto-rickshaws plying on city roads has led to traffic snarls across the city. It was in December last year, following the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, banning the registration of diesel auto-rickshaws in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar, …
The US is pushing for a strong action plan on emissions by heavy duty vehicles at the G20 in a move that may improve fuel mileages and standards in the world's largest economies. The multi-pronged strategy — shared with member countries —has proposed the introduction of improved fuel quality with …
Pollution in the Kenyan capital is ‘beyond imagination’. With Africa’s predicted rise in population – and a constant stream of dirty secondhand cars from Europe and Japan – this urban health crisis could kill 1.5 million within a generation A minibus belches black smoke; the lorry behind it in the …
NEW DELHI: As part of an action plan to control pollution, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Delhi and other NCR states to consider introduction of flexi-staggered office timings to reduce peak-hour traffic, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court. The Centre placed CPCB's directions before a bench …
