M.C. MEHTA vs. UNION OF INDIA

1 ITEM NO.1 Court No.1 (Video Conferencing) SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 13029/1985 M.C. MEHTA Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) ((1) IA NO. 5000/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION )(2) IA NO. 34084/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION)(3) IA NOS. 33511 AND 33965/2021 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF MUNNU SINGH)(4) IA NOS. 95466 AND 95470/2020 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF DELHI FIRE SERVICE, GNCTD)(5) IA NO. 46641/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF MR. P. NARSIMHA MURTY)(6) IA NO. 45996/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF MR. SUSHIL GARG)(7) IA NO. 45999/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF B.S.M. PUBLIC SCHOOL)(8) IA NO. 28353/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF GEE DEE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY)(9) IA NO. 28185/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF ALL INDIA KATARIA EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY)(10) IA NO. 130236/2020 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF KUMAR PAL SINGH)(11) IA NO. 117511/2020 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF DELHI CANTONMENT BOARD)“ONLY” IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 IS LISTED.“ONLY” NAME OF THE FOLLOWING Adv.S MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST: MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. Adv. (A.C.) MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. Adv. (A.C.) MR. A.D.N. RAO, Adv. (A.C.) MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, Adv. (A.C.) PETITIONER-IN-PERSON MR. G.S. MAKKER, MR. RAJ BAHADUR YADAV, MR. SANJAY KR. VISEN, MR. KAMLENDRA MISHRA, MR. SANDEEP KR. JHA, MS. UTTARA BABBAR, MR. CHIRAG M. SHROFF, MR. PRAVEEN SWARUP, MS. PURNIMA JAUHARI, MS. NIDHI MOHAN PARASHAR, Adv.S) Date : 09-04-2021 These applications were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN Counsel for the parties Mr. Harish N. Salve, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) (NP) Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) (NP) Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Adv. (A.C.) Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, Adv. (A.C.) Petitioner-In-Person

Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2021.04.10 12:52:27 IST Reason: 2 Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld Sg Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Ld Asg Ms. D.L. Chidananda, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv. Mr. Subranshu Padhi, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Aor Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld. SG Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Ld. ASG Mr. D.L.Chidananda, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. S.S.Rebello Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Mr. Subhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, Aor Mr. Anil Grover ,Sr. AAG Haryana Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. V . Shekhar , Sr. Adv. Ms. Sheetal Rajpoot, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kr. Jha, Aor Ms. Uttara Babbar, Aor Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv. Ms. Shweta Mohta, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, Aor Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushant Dogra, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Sr. Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Pareena Swarup, Adv. Mr. Ameet Siingh, Adv. Mr. Kanishk Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Sadiya Shakeel, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jauhari, Aor 3 Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR Mr. Vikrant Kumar, Adv. Ms. Meghna Jandu, Adv. Applicant(S) -in-person Petitioner-In-Person Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. P. K. Jain, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Pavan Kumar, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Munawwar Naseem, AOR Ms. Nandini Gidwaney, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR M/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR Mr. Vijay Panjwani, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Shri Narain, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bakshi, AOR Mr. Sudhir Mendiratta, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR Mrs. K. Sarada Devi, AOR 4 Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mrs. Bina Gupta, AOR Mr. Sandeep Narain, AOR Mr. Ravindra Bana, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar-i, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR Ms. Divya Jyoti Singh, AOR Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal, AOR Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR Mr. Vishwajit Singh, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Mr. Aakarshan Aditya, AOR Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, AOR Mr. M. P. Devanath, AOR Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Subhro Sanyal, AOR Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR 5 Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Yoginder Handoo, AOR Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Surabhi Sanchita, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR Ms. Puja Sharma, AOR Mr. Ravi Prakash, AOR Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Anurag Kishore, AOR Ms. Lubna Naaz, AOR Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. D. N. Goburdhan, AOR Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Garima Prashad, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Sameer Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, AOR Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ayush Sharma, AOR Mr. Rajiv Yadav, AOR Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Gaurav, AOR Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR 6 Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R IA NO. 5000/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has come up with this application seeking to register 2 numbers of CNG BS-IV Tata Trucks with water tankers and 46 CNG BS-IV Auto tippers. Since these vehicles are to be put to use for public utility services, the application is allowed as prayed for, following the Order dated 18.09.2020 passed by this Court. IA NO. 34084/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has come up with this application seeking the registration of 20 numbers of Hook Loaders BS-VI Chassis commercial vehicles. These vehicles have hydraulically operated lifts used for loading containers into trucks. These vehicles are used by the Corporation to transfer garbage and waste to landfill sites and to help in solid waste management. Since the vehicles are to be put to use for public utility services, the application is allowed following our earlier orders. IA NOS. 33511 AND 33965/2021 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF MUNNU SINGH) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 These applications are by a private individual seeking impleadment and registration of a Maruti Vitara Brezza VDI BS-IV vehicle, allegedly purchased on the occasion of the wedding of the applicant’s son. 7 But it appears that the Transport Authority of the State of Uttar Pradesh refused registration. Therefore, Shri A.D.N. Rao, learned Amicus Curiae may verify whether the applications can be considered here or the applicant should be permitted to move the Allahabad High Court. Call after four weeks. IA NOS. 95466 AND 95470/2020 (APPLNS. FOR IMPLEADMENT AND DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF DELHI FIRE SERVICE, GNCTD) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 Delhi Fire Service has come up with these applications (i) for impleadment; and (ii) for directing the Transport Department to register 30 fire units (BS-IV) claim to have been purchased before 31.03.2020. Since the vehicles in question are to be put to use for public purposes and also since they have been purchased before 31.03.2020 and also registered on the E-Vahan portal, the applications are allowed. IA NO. 46641/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF MR. P. NARSIMHA MURTY) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application by an individual seeking a direction for registration of Ashok Leyland ALPSV bus which is a BS-IV CNG vehicle. Following our earlier order dated 18.09.2020, this application is allowed. IA NO. 45996/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF MR. SUSHIL GARG) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application by a private individual seeking registration of a ISUZU high desk truck. Since it is a BS-IV CNG compliant vehicle, this application is allowed following our previous orders. 8 IA NO. 45999/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF B.S.M. PUBLIC SCHOOL) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application filed by B.S.M. Public School seeking registration of a ISUZU bus. Since it is a BS-IV CNG compliant vehicle, this application is allowed following our previous orders. IA NO. 28353/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF GEE DEE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application filed by an Educational Society seeking a direction to register 6 numbers of SML ISUZU school buses. Since these buses are BS-IV CNG compliant vehicle, this application is allowed following our earlier orders. IA NO. 28185/2021 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF ALL INDIA KATARIA EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application filed by an Educational Society seeking a direction to register 3 numbers of SML ISUZU school buses. Since these buses are BS-IV CNG Euro variant vehicles, this application is allowed following our earlier orders. IA NO. 130236/2020 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF KUMAR PAL SINGH) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application by a private individual seeking direction to the concerned transport officer at Mathura to register a BS-IV diesel car. According to the applicant he purchased a VERNA car in February, 2020 and the same was granted temporary registration on 16.03.2020. Since the vehicle is to be registered at Mathura, Shri A.D.N. Rao, learned Amicus Curiae may verify and tell whether the applicant should approach Allahabad High Court. Call after four weeks. 9 IA NO. 117511/2020 (APPLN. FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF DELHI CANTONMENT BOARD) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 This is an application by the Delhi Cantonment Board seeking a direction for the registration of a CNG BS-IV truck. The truck is intended to be used as a road broomer by the Cantonment Board. Therefore, following our earlier order dated 18.09.2020, this application is allowed. I.A. No.142872 of 2019 (Disposed off) IN W.P.(C) NO. 13029/1985 Taken on Board. This application was already disposed of by an Order dated 19.06.2020. While doing so, this Court directed the applicant, namely, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Prov. & Logistics) to file an affidavit containing details such as the Engine Number, Chassis number etc. of all the vehicles. Pursuant to the said direction, the Deputy Commissioner of police has filed an affidavit on 25.03.3021. The same is taken on record and hence on this I.A. no further orders are necessary. (SANJAY KUMAR-II) (INDU KUMARI POKHRIYAL) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR