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Delhi Pauses Age-Based Fuel Ban, Plans Supreme Court Push for Uniform Vehicle Rules

After technical failures halted fuel denial at pumps, Delhi will ask the Supreme Court to mandate national emission-based vehicle rules.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta said that her government is committed to providing relief to the capital's residents.
The traffic police on Tuesday checking ELVs as the drive begin. (Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
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Overview

  • Authorities suspended ANPR-enabled fuel denials on July 5 after camera malfunctions and data gaps with neighbouring states disrupted enforcement of the end-of-life vehicle ban.
  • The Delhi government formally asked the Commission for Air Quality Management to hold the ban, arguing that linking vehicle data across the NCR proved technologically unfeasible.
  • Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena denounced the age-based restrictions as legally inconsistent and urged a Supreme Court review to prevent undue hardship on well-maintained vehicles.
  • Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced plans to petition the Supreme Court for uniform national standards, seeking parity between Delhi’s rules and those in other states.
  • Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa and experts from the Centre for Science and Environment recommended shifting to emission-based regulations, remote-sensing monitoring and integrated multi-modal transport solutions.