Case filed against Govt. officials for banning 10-15 year old cars

Advocate Mukesh Kulthia said that it was a gross violation of the amended Motor Vehicles Act.

Advocate Mukesh Kulthia has filed a case in the Gurgaon court against government officials for banning 10 to 15-year-old cars.

A criminal case has been registered against Navdeep Sing Virk (IPS), Transport Secretary, Haryana and other IAS officers of the Union Transport Ministry in the conspiracy of ‘car bandi scam’.

Advocate Kulthia, who is the complainant in this case, has informed the court that as per the amended Motor Vehicles Act 2019, 2021 and 2021, the life of both diesel and petrol cars is 15 years, after which it is renewable for the next 5 years. Thus, a diesel car cannot be seized, confiscated or banned just because it has completed its 10-year life. Similarly, a petrol car cannot be banned just because it is 15 years old.

Kulthia said that it was a gross violation of the amended Motor Vehicles Act. Even today, registration certificates for diesel and petrol cars have a validity of 15 years. Road tax is also being charged for 15 years.

Kulthia argued that there was no legal ban on 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles and that these officials were imposing illegal restrictions by falsely citing NGT and Supreme Court orders. He claims that these restrictions are in violation of the amended law of the country and are being implemented through illegal tactics as part of a conspiracy to increase the sales of electric vehicles.

Source: Mukesh Kulthia