'Filed Without Any Research': Rajasthan High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging De-Registration Of 10 Yrs Old Diesel Vehicles Alone & Not Petrol Vehicles

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation filed praying that notification dated 22.01.2018 be declared ultra vires as direction is confined to deregistration of the diesel vehicles only, which are 10 years more and upto 15 years and not for petrol vehicles.

The public interest litigation was filed by one Bhanu Pratap Singh.

The court observed that the petition is devoid of any merit. The court added that no material has been placed on record as to on what basis the petitioner claims that the diesel vehicle and petrol vehicle both have similar combustion value and degree of pollution with the same age.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sameer Jain, while dismissing the petition, observed,

"This petition is devoid of any merit. No material has been placed on record as to on what basis the petitioner claims that the diesel vehicle and petrol vehicle both have similar combustion value and degree of pollution with the same age."

While refusing to entertain the petition, the court ruled that the petition has been filed without any research and without any material.

The bench ordered,

"The petition has been filed without any research and without any material, therefore cannot be entertained and it is accordingly dismissed"

Adv. Saurabh Chatterjee appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

Case Title: Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh v. State Of Rajasthan & Anr.

Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 131

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