{"id":40150,"date":"2015-11-30T08:03:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T02:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40150"},"modified":"2015-11-30T08:03:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T02:33:57","slug":"plea-for-ban-on-vw-vehicles-sale-ngt-notice-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-for-ban-on-vw-vehicles-sale-ngt-notice-to-govt","title":{"rendered":"Plea for ban on VW vehicles&#8217; sale: NGT notice to Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38073\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-seeks-response-from-city-govt\/ngt-8\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ngt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38073 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/ngt.png?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Plea for ban on VW vehicles' sale: NGT notice to Govt\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plea for ban on VW vehicles&#8217; sale: NGT notice to Govt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the central government and the German automobile firm Volkswagen on a plea seeking a ban on manufacture and sale of its vehicles in the country for allegedly flouting emission norms.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Ministry of Heavy Industries &amp; Public Enterprises, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Central Pollution Control Board and Volkswagen group, asking them to reply by December 23.<\/p>\n<p>The directions came while hearing a plea by Saloni Ailawadi, a Delhi based school teacher, who had sought directions to disallow &#8220;manufacturing, assembly and sale&#8221; of vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen and its group companies until it is established that they are as per the prescribed norms in India.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\">\n<div id=\"inread1_26817\">\n<div id=\"inread_26817\">\n<p>Ailawadi had referred to Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)s recent report and alleged that Volkswagen and its group companies in India were &#8220;polluting the environment in blatant disregard to regulations&#8221; 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