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Supreme Court Pauses Enforcement of Delhi-NCR Old Vehicle Ban

The apex court listed the review petition for hearing after four weeks, pausing penalties on vehicles breaching the decade-old diesel limit or 15-year petrol cap

At a registered vehicle-scrapping facility in Delhi's Badarpur, where end-of-life vehicles are dismantled and processed into 14x14-inch metal bricks.
A man reads a notice announcing the ban on refuelling petrol cars older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, displayed at a gas station in New Delhi.
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Overview

  • A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai ordered that no coercive steps be taken against diesel vehicles over ten years old or petrol vehicles over fifteen years old in Delhi-NCR pending the petition review.
  • The court issued notice to the Centre and the Commission for Air Quality Management and set the next hearing on Delhi’s challenge for four weeks later.
  • Delhi’s review petition argues the 2018 age-based restrictions are outdated and that actual emissions, mileage and fitness testing should determine a vehicle’s end-of-life status.
  • CAQM’s ANPR-enabled fuel-denial and impoundment plan, originally set for phased rollout, was suspended after technical glitches and widespread public opposition.
  • VAHAN data show more than 62 lakh vehicles in Delhi currently fall under end-of-life rules, prompting concerns over economic hardship and used-car market disruption.