Auto dealers ask SC to extend sale of BS-IV vehicles beyond March 31

Counter sales has fallen by 60-70 per cent across auto dealerships due to Covid-19

The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), on behalf of its members, has approached the Supreme Court with an interlocutory application and an application seeking modification in its earlier order, which put a ban on sellling or reistering BS-IV vehicles across the country.

In October 2018, the apex court directed that “…no motor vehicle conforming to emission standard Bharat Stage-IV shall be sold or registered in the entire country with effect from April 1, 2020".

FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale said, after FADA's initial application, necessitated due to huge unsold BS-IV inventory and slowing sales, was rejected by the apex court on