Vehicles of President, VP to soon have number plates: Govt to Delhi HC

The ministry's response came in the backdrop of a PIL seeking to enforce the display of registration number on cars of constitutional authorities and dignitaries

The vehicles of India's top constitutional authorities -- the President, the Vice President, Governors and Lieutenant Governors -- will soon have to display their registration numbers.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in its affidavit filed before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court said that it has written to the authorities concerned to get these vehicles registered.

"The offices of the President of India, Vice President, Governors and Lieutenant Governors in the country and Secretary (Ministry of External Affairs) have been asked vide letter dated January 2, 2018 to