SC seeks inventory of vehicles without BS-IV technology

Court had set April 1, as deadline for stopping registration of such vehicles and switch to BS-IV

The Supreme Court on Monday asked motor vehicle manufacturers to give full details of the stock of pre-BS (Bharat Stage)-IV vehicles with them. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam), which is the umbrella association of car manufacturers, will collect data from various carmakers and present them to the court. The order covers two-wheelers, four-wheelers and commercial vehicles. 

The Bench, headed by Justice Madan Lokur, was hearing the pleas of manufacturers who had huge stocks of vehicles with BS-III certifications. The court had set April 1, 2017, as the deadline for stopping registration of such vehicles and switch to BS-IV, whose