NGT refuses 5-year registration extension to SPG armoured vehicles used for security of Prime Minister

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has refused to grant a five-year extension for the registration of three specialised armoured vehicles used by the Special Protection Group (SPG) for the security of the Prime Minister of India.

The order was recently passed by the coram of Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and member Dr A Senthil Vel.

Mentioning the Supreme Court directives passed on October 29, 2018, which banned plying of 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Tribunal observed that the three SPVs, which were diesel vehicles, would be completing the period of 10 years from the date of registration in December, 2024.

Therefore, in terms of the Apex Court directions, such vehicles cannot be permitted to ply in NCR on completion of 10 years.