Supreme Court of India

M. C.mehta v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 6 S.C.R. 707
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 29 March 2017

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Environment- Pollution -Air Pollution - Commercial vehicles not complying with Bharat Stage-IV emission standards causing health hazards and adding to the already alarming air pollution levels - Ban on sale and registration of existing stock of such vehicles on and from 1st April, 2017 - Plea of manuracturers that they are entitled to manufacture such vehicles till 31s March, 2017 and thus may be given reasonable time to dispose of such existing stock - Held: The manufacturers of such vehicles were fully aware that eventually from 1st April, 2017 they would be required to manufacture only

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