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| DB enforces ban against curtains or shades | | PIL against removal of tinted/black films from Vehicles of VIPs/VVIPs | | Early Times Report
jammu, Aug 27: Division Bench of the State High Court comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar today clarified that any Vehicle using the films or tinted glasses beyond the standard prescribed or using any other material like curtains or shades would be covered by the earlier directions of the Court dated July 31, 2012 whereby directions had been issued to the Director State Motor Garages to remove tinted films from the all the Govt Vehicles before August 20, 2012 and in case of default, Division Bench had directed the seizure of the Vehicles.
Division Bench issued notice in the applications moved by some owners of the Vehicles which were seized for using tinted films and said notices were accepted by the Sr. AAG Gagan Basotra and Deputy AG Inderjeet Gupta for the state and also by Adv Rohit Kapoor for the PIL.
Division Bench further observed that Advocate Vijay Gupta appearing for the applicants has drawn the attention of the Court to Para 26 of the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in Avishek Goenka Vs Union of India and argued that the manufacturers of the Vehicles have been granted permission to manufacture the vehicles with tinted glasses which have visual light transmission (VLT) of Safety Glasses windscreen (front and rear) as 70 % VLT and side glasses as 40% VLT respectively and no black film or any other material can be pasted on the wind screens and side glasses of a vehicle. It is submitted Adv Gupta that Vehicles of the applicants fulfill the said norm as laid down by the Supreme Court and therefore, the Vehicles seized may be ordered to be released.
Upon this Division Bench allowed time to Sr. AAG Gagan Basotra, Deputy AG Inderjeet Gupta and Adv Rohit Kapoor appearing for the PIL to file their response to the applications moved by Advocates Vijay Gupta and Babu Ram.
The Division Bench also observed that the authorities concerned would see if the Vehicles comply with the parameters as indicated in Para 26 of the judgment in Avishek Goenka Vs Union of India Case submit a report to this Court on or before the next date of hearing i.e. September 3, 2012. |
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