The Supreme Court (SC) on 29 March 2017 banned the sale and registration of vehicles which are not compliant with Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) emission norms.
BS-IV emission norms will come in toeffect from 1 April 2017 across the country.
The vehicle registering authorities under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, are prohibited from registering non-BS-IV compliant vehicles except on proof that such a vehicle has already been sold on or before 31 March 2017.
Vehicles, that do not meet the Bharat Stage-IV emission standards, take primacy over the health hazard of millions of countrymen due to increased air pollution.
The ruling came on pleas seeking ban on the sale and registration of BS-III compliant vehicles after 1 April 2017.
Currently, BS-IV petrol and diesel vehicles are being supplied in whole of Northern India covering Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and parts of Rajasthan and western UP.