No BS-IV vehicle registration until decision on sale during lockdown: SC

The bench had on July 8 recalled the March 27 order by which it had allowed sale of BS-IV vehicles for 10 days across India, except in Delhi-NCR

The Supreme Court on Friday said that no BS-IV vehicles will be registered till it decides the sale of such vehicles during lockdowns to contain the spread of the coronavirus, referring to country's new standards for emissions.

The court was earlier irked over the violation of its order and pulled up automobile dealers association for sale of BS-IV vehicles when a nationwide lockdown was announced in the last week of March and extended three times.

The bench had on July 8 recalled the March 27 order by which it had allowed sale of BS-IV vehicles for 10 days across India, except in