No renewal of insurance for vehicles without PUC, says SC

The apex court has made it mandatory to produce the Pollution Under Control certificate of vehicles at the time of insurance renewal. Insurance companies have been directed to deny the renewal of a vehicle's insurance, in case its owner fails to produce the PUC .

SC asked the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to ensure that all fuel refilling centres in the National Capital Region (NCR) have PUC centres. Photo: PTI (File)

New Delhi: In a bid to curb pollution, the Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions including that insurance companies will not renew insurance of a vehicle unless the owner provides pollution under control (PUC) certificate. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur also asked the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to ensure that all fuel refilling centres in the National Capital Region (NCR) have PUC centres. The apex court granted four weeks time to the Centre to ensure that there are functional PUC centres in NCR to ensure that vehicles plying have PUC certificate. The court considered the suggestions given by Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). The bench was hearing a PIL filed by environmentalist M C Mehta way back in 1985 dealing with various aspects of pollution. (This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by PTI)