{"id":235065,"date":"2020-08-29T19:43:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T14:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235065"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:41:12","slug":"ngt-cant-pass-a-blanket-direction-to-debar-vehicles-without-valid-puc-certificate-from-being-supplied-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/29\/ngt-cant-pass-a-blanket-direction-to-debar-vehicles-without-valid-puc-certificate-from-being-supplied-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"NGT can&#8217;t pass a blanket direction to debar vehicles without valid PUC Certificate from being supplied fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>: In the case where the National Green Tribunal directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to ensure that no dealer and\/or outlet and\/or petrol pump should supply fuel to vehicles without Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate, the bench of Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee, JJ has held that NGT had no power to pass such direction as the stoppage of supply of fuel to vehicles not complying with the requirement to have and\/or display a valid PUC Certificate is not contemplated either in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 or in the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cMotor Vehicles not complying with the requirement of possessing and\/or displaying a valid PUC Certificate cannot be debarred from being supplied fuel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court said that when a Statute or a Statutory Rules prescribed a penalty for any act or omission, no other penalty not contemplated in the Statute or a Statutory Rules can be imposed. <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>When a Statute requires a thing to be done in a particular manner, it is to be done only in that manner<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After going through the relevant provisions, the Court summarized that driving a vehicle without a pollution PUC certificate entails:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>suspension of registration certificate;<\/li>\n<li>imprisonment which may extend to three months;<\/li>\n<li>fine which may extend to Rs.10,000\/- or both<\/li>\n<li>disqualification for holding licence for a period of three months<\/li>\n<li>imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Rs.10,000\/- or with fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It further noticed that as per Rule 116(8) and (9), <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>the suspension of the certificate of registration is temporary.<\/strong><\/span> The suspension is until such time as a certificate is produced before the Registering Authority certifying that the vehicle complies with sub Rules (2) and (7) of the Rule 115 of the Central rules. A Certificate of Registration is also to be deemed to have been suspended, until a fresh Pollution Under Control certificate is obtained.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cThere can be no doubt that strong measures must be taken to protect the environment and improve the air quality whenever there is contravention of statutory rules causing environmental pollution. Stringent action has to be taken, but in accordance with law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, hence, noticed that in passing blanket direction, directing the appellant State Government to ensure that no dealer and\/or outlet and\/or petrol pump should supply fuel to vehicles without PUC Certificate, de hors the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, NGT overlooked the fact that no vehicle can either be repaired to comply with pollution norms, nor tested for compliance with the political norms upon repair, without fuel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, the NGT had no power and\/or authority and\/or jurisdiction to pass orders directing the Appellant State Government to issue orders, instructions or directions on dealers, outlets and petrol pumps not to supply fuel to vehicles without PUC Certificate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, however, directed that the State shall strictly implement compliance of Rules 115 and 116 and penalize all those who contravene the said Rules in accordance with the provisions of the 1989 Rules.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cThe Registration Certificate of vehicles which do not possess a valid PUC Certificate shall be forthwith suspended and\/or cancelled, and penal measures initiated against the owner and\/or the person(s) in possession and\/or control of the offending vehicle, in accordance with law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[State of Madhya Pradesh v. 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