The court's order came while hearing a PIL seeking to enforce the display of registration number on cars of constitutional authorities and dignitaries
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre about the rules and regulations regarding the display of the state emblem on the cars of the constitutional authorities and dignitaries such as the President, instead of their registration numbers.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the concerned ministry to check the current status and place it in the court on the next date of hearing i.e, February 26.
"Please ascertain the exact position and place it before us," the bench said.
The court's order came while hearing a PIL seeking to enforce the display of registration number on cars of constitutional authorities and dignitaries.
During the proceedings, the counsel for the Delhi government, Gautam Acharya informed the court that they have come with a circular which has already incorporated provisions regarding the registration of vehicles.
The plea, filed by an NGO, Nyayabhoomi, claimed that the practice of displaying the state emblem of four lions, instead of the registration numbers, makes the cars conspicuous and the dignitaries become easy targets for terrorists and anyone can target them with malicious intent.
"The practice of replacing the registration mark with the State Emblem of India, instead of displaying them both, is arbitrary and symptomatic of the desire to rule rather than to serve," the petition alleged.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by NGO's secretary, Rakesh Agarwal also sought direction to the Delhi government and the Delhi Police to seize the cars used by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Vice- President, Raj Niwas and Protocol division of the Ministry of External Affairs for not being registered under the Motor Vehicles Act.
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