Sale of BS-IV vehicles during lockdown genuine or not? SC to find out

"We have to see whether these transactions during lockdown are genuine transactions or they have been back dated," the bench said.

The Supreme Court has wondered how BS-IV vehicles were sold in March during the Covid-19 induced lockdown across the country and said it would have to examine whether these transactions were "genuine" or "back dated".

The apex court observed that it "passes comprehension" how sale of Bharat Stage (BS)-IV vehicles could have taken place during the period of lockdown, which had commenced in India from March 25 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The remarks were made by a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra which on Wednesday recalled its March 27 order by which the top court had allowed sale of