Old vehicles: SC notices on petition challenging J-K HC order

New Delhi, June 27(UNI) The Supreme Court today issued notices on a petition challenging the J&K high court order banning plying of vehicles which are 15 years old.

A vacation bench comprising Justices A R Lakshmanan and Altamas Kabir issued notices after hearing counsel for the petitioner J&K Motor Transport Companies Association who pleaded that such an order if not quashed would cause untold problems for the petitioners who would be forced to suffer huge losses.

The high court order came on a petition filed by Kashmir Consumer Welfare Forum and others seeking ban on such vehicles as these vehicles were the major source of environmental pollution in the state and were also in a bad shape due to poor maintenance by the owners of these vehicles.

The counsel for the petitioner association also contended that such ban would lead to large scale unemployment in the state as thousands of men and women are earning their bread and butter from these vehicles.

UNI AKS/SC RP ND1852